Fuzhou
See also: Fúzhōu
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (from Wade–Giles) Fu-chou, Fuchou
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfuˈd͡ʒoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fuːˈd͡ʒəʊ/
Etymology 1Edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 福州 (Fúzhōu).
Alternative formsEdit
Proper nounEdit
Fuzhou
- A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Fujian, China.
- 2007, Kilpatrick, Jane, “The first collector”, in Gifts from the Gardens of China: The Introduction of Traditional Chinese Garden Plants to Britain 1698-1862[1], Frances Lincoln Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41:
- At the end of August Eaton anchored at a group of three small islands off the coast of Fujian to take on fresh water, as the casks had not been refilled since leaving the Cape in April. Cuninghame calls these islands the Crocodile Islands, but he says the Chinese call them the ‘Pek-kin Islands’. These are the Matsu Islands, north east of Fuzhou, one of which is called Peikantang or Peikan Island.
TranslationsEdit
a prefecture-level city in southeastern China
Further readingEdit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fuzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[2], volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1298, column 3
Etymology 2Edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 撫州／抚州 (Fǔzhōu).
Proper nounEdit
Fuzhou
- A prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangxi, China.