Kinhwa

English

Etymology

From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 金華 (Jīnhuá, literally “golden flourishing”).

Proper noun

Kinhwa

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Jinhua
    • 1943 February, “Monsignor Fraser Safe”, in China‎, volume XXIV, number 2, page 3:
      No doubt Monsignor is hoping to be able to return soon to his beloved Chinese people in Kinhwa, who miss him more than ever during these sad days in Chekiang Province.
    • 1971, Mary Backus Rankin, Early Chinese Revolutionaries Radical Intellectuals in Shanghai and Chekiang, 1902-1911‎, Harvard University Press, page 130:
      His lieutenant was a former member of Tseng Kuo-fan's Hunan army, who resigned after the Taiping Rebellion and settled in Kinhwa.
    • 1982, Grant Maxwell, Assignment in Chekiang‎, Thorn Press Limited, page 22:
      South of Ningpo are Kinhwa and Lishui - the latter known at first as Chuchow, which was field headquarters for Scarboro mission bands.

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