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English
Etymology
From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.[1]
Proper noun
Fuhkien
- (dated) Alternative form of Fujian
1867, Wm. Fred. Mayers, N. B. Dennys, Chas. King, The Treaty Ports of China and Japan, London: Trübner and Co., page 244:In 1624, the Dutch established themselves on Fischer's I., one of the Pescadore group, in order to control the coast trade of Fuhkien province.
1898, “Inland Communications in China”, in Journal of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 28, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 145:The main trade route of South-eastern Chehkiang connects Foochow, the capital of Fuhkien, with Ningpo, which has direct communications by water (a few portages expected) with the Grand Canal and Peking.
References
- ^ Kaske, Elisabeth (2008) The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, page 52
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