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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 福清 (Fúqīng), Wade–Giles romanization: Fu²-chʻing¹.
Proper noun
Fuching
- Alternative form of Fuqing
1929 July 17, Glover Morrill Allen, “Carnivora From the Asiatic Expeditions”, in Collected Papers of G.M. Allen 1927-1929 (American Museum Novitates), volume 1, number 360, →OCLC, page 7:The average condylobasal length of four adult males from Fuching, Fukien, is 135.1 mm., of four females 127.8 mm.
1995, Sterling Seagrave, Lords of the Rim: The Invisible Empire of the Overseas Chinese, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 286:Indonesia's Liem Sioe Liong became a major developer in Fukien. His efforts are centered on Fuching, his hometown just south of Foochow. Even before Indonesia and China normalized relations in 1990, Liem was pouring money into Fuching, earmarking $89 million to build a ten-mile highway, dozens of sprawling apartment blocks, office buildings and factories, and a marble-lobbied three-star hotel.
2004, Tony Thompson, Gangs: A Journey into the Heart of the British underworld, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 325:Changle and nearby Fuching are, the locals say, ‘widows’ villages’, but such is the admiration given to those who send money back from abroad that poverty is now considered shameful, a disgrace.
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