Chang-chou

See also: Ch'ang-chou

English

Map including CHANG-CHOU (ZHANGZHOU) (DMA, 1996)

Etymology

From Mandarin 漳州 (Zhāngzhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chang¹-chou¹.[1]

Proper noun

Chang-chou

  1. Alternative form of Zhangzhou
    • 1981, Huang Shu-min, Agricultural Degradation Changing Community Systems in Rural Taiwan, University Press of America, →ISBN, LCCN 81-40590, OCLC 731662691, OL 8084675M, page 89:
      Now, with one or two bottles of liquor, I can order a Taipei person to kill another. Why should I care: Most of the Taipei people are Chang-chou people, and we southerners are mainly Ch'uan'chou[sic – meaning Ch'uan-chou] people."
    • 2003, Tu Cheng-sheng, Paul Cooper, transl., Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century, OCLC 909219478, OL 24210446M, page 27:
      After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor.
    • 2016, “The Philippines in Dong Xi Yang Kao”, in Tulay, ISSN 0116-6889 Invalid ISSN, OCLC 19544721, page 9:
      3. Since this country was near Chang-chou (Zhang's native city), the Chinese trade vessels often went there.

Translations

References

  1. Zhangzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Chang-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.