Tengchow

English

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 登州 (Dēngzhōu).

Proper noun

Tengchow

1. Obsolete form of Dengzhou.
   • 2013, Emma Lambert, “Luce, Henry (1898-1967)”, in Thomas Riggs, editor, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume 3, St. James Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 382, column 1:

     Henry Robinson Luce was born on April 3, 1898, to American Presbyterian missionary parents, in Tengchow (now Penglai), China.

   • 2016, Sharon A. Taylor, “Mateer, Calvin Wilson”, in George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, editors, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States‎^[2], volume 3, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1432, column 1:

     Accepted by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, the Mateers left for China in July 1863, and, after a harrowing journey that included shipwreck, arrived at the hew mission station in Tengchow (Dengzhou), Shandong Province, in January 1864.