English

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Etymology

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From Hokkien 福州 (Hok-chiu). Doublet of Foochow.

Proper noun

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Hokchiu

  1. Former name of Fuzhou.
  2. (Southeast Asia, chiefly Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore) Fuzhou language (a linguistic variety of Eastern Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)

Noun

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Hokchiu (plural Hokchius)

  1. (Southeast Asia, chiefly Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore) a person who traces his/her ancestry to Fuzhou or the surrounding region

Adjective

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Hokchiu (not comparable)

  1. (Southeast Asia, chiefly Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore) of or relating to the Fuzhounese language

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