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Etymology

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From Chinese 濟南 (Jǐnánfǔ).

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Tsinanfu

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Jinan
    • 1915, Hiram F. Reynolds, World-Wide Missions[1], Kansas City, Missouri: Publishing House of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, page 67:
      We were to travel second class from Shanghai to Tsinanfu, a distance of about 700 miles, so Brother Keihn suggested we had better enter our compartment early in order to secure our seats, inasmuch as it was a night train, and usually densely crowded.
    • 2009, Judith March Davis, Pagoda Dreamer[2], Langdon Street Press, →ISBN, page 21:
      She was persuaded to spend Christmas with his family at Tsinanfu — as a surprise for Hos’s homecoming.

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