Quanzhou
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Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 泉州 (Quánzhōu, literally “spring prefecture”).
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Proper noun
Quanzhou
- A prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian, China.
- 1984, Zhuang Weiji, quotee, Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 147:
- Between 1946 and 1948 in the ruins of the foundations of Quanzhou’s South Gate Tower and southern wall we excavated more that twenty large white gravestones, inscribed in Arabic on both sides. They obviously had been taken from a demolished Islamic mosque. The area overlooked in the Jin River and was known as South Quanzhou, or the “Foreign District.” It was here that merchants from overseas and their families had lived during Song and Yuan.
- 2023 February 8, Kelvin Chen, “Swiss parliamentarian delegation visits Taiwan's Kinmen”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 08 March 2023, Politics:
- He said that four years ago, the island began receiving water from the Jin River, in Quanzhou, China, and now 70-80% of Kinmen's water comes from China.
Synonyms
- Zeitoun, Zaitun, Zayton, Zaytun, Zaytoun, Zeytoun
- Chinchew, Chinchu, Chin-chiu, Tsuan-tsiu
- Chuanchow
Derived terms
Translations
a city of China
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References
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 348:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Chüanchow (Ch'üan-chou, Quanzhou), Fukien Province
Further reading
- Quanzhou, Ch'uan-chou, Ch'üan-chou, Chuanchou, Chuanchow at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Quanzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2549, column 2
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 全州 (Quánzhōu, literally “round prefecture”).
Proper noun
Quanzhou
Translations
a county of Guangxi, China
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Quanzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2549, column 3
Portuguese
Proper noun
Quanzhou f