Fuhkien

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Chinese postal romanization of Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn).

Proper noun[edit]

Fuhkien

  1. (dated) Alternative form of Fujian
    • 1867, Wm. Fred. Mayers, N. B. Dennys, Chas. King, The Treaty Ports of China and Japan[1], London: Trübner and Co., page 244:
      In 1624, the Dutch established themselves on Fischer's I., one of the Pescadore group, in order to control the coast trade of Fuhkien province.
    • 1898, “Inland Communications in China”, in Journal of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 28, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 145:
      The main trade route of South-eastern Chehkiang connects Foochow, the capital of Fuhkien, with Ningpo, which has direct communications by water (a few portages expected) with the Grand Canal and Peking.

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