Minhou
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Mandarin 閩侯 / 闽侯 (Mǐnhòu).
Proper noun
Minhou
- A county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
- 1975, Rewi Alley, “Some Fukien Pottery Kilns, Ancient and Modern”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XIV, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:
- We left Foochow after an early breakfast, and after half an hour on a boat ferry that took us from the city environs across the Min River and up a tributary, we landed in Minhou county, and took the highway that led across Yungtai county to Tehua.
- 2018 February 28, Ben Blanchard, Benjamin Kang Lim, Philip Wen, “Exclusive: Xi confidant set to become China's new spy master - sources”, in Philip McClellan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 28 November 2018, World News:
- Wang, a one-time fan factory worker joined the police force in Minhou county in Fujian in 1979.
- 2019 November 16, Denise Hruby, “China’s new communes: self-sustainability in Fujian province”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 November 2019, Environment:
- Since 2015, Tang and his wife, Xing Zhen, have been living in a reclusive, mountainous part of Minhou county, in southeastern Fujian province, about two hours’ drive from the capital, Fuzhou.
Translations
county
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Minhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1990, column 3