Chau
See also: Appendix:Variations of "chau"
English
editEtymology
editFrom Cantonese 周 (zau1). Doublet of Zhou.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editChau (plural Chaus)
- A surname.
- Alternative form of Zhou
- 1849 August, “Annals of Confucius; or Chronology and Geography of the Chun Ts'iu”, in The Chinese Repository[1], volume XVIII, number 8, →OCLC, page 397:
- 9. Kingdom of Yen 燕
Táking situated in lat. 39° 54' N., long. 116° 28' E., one of the districts of Shuntien fú in Chihlí, now occupies the site of the capital of the ancient kingdom of Yen, the most northern part of the empire under the reign of the Chau dynasty.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Chau is the 2181st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16667 individuals. Chau is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.44%) individuals.
Anagrams
editHokkien
editFor pronunciation and definitions of Chau – see 鄒 (“Zou; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鄒). |
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