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English
Etymology
From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.[1] See also Foochow, Fooching, Soochow. Compare Spanish Fokien.
Proper noun
Fookien
- (Philippines) Alternative form of Fukien
Adjective
Fookien (not comparable)
- (Philippines) Alternative form of Fukien
References
- ^ Kaske, Elisabeth (2008) The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, page 52