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Dated form of Fuzhou. / (Southeast Asia) Fuzhou dialect (a dialect from the Eastern Min family of Chinese dialects)

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Foochow

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Foochow

Proper noun

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Dated form of Fuzhou. / (Southeast Asia) Fuzhou dialect (a dialect from the Eastern Min family of Chinese dialects)

Japanese Meaning

『Foochow』は『福州』の旧称である / 『Foochow』は東部閩方言の一種で、特に東南アジアで使用される福州方言を指す

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Many 19th-century travelogues mentioned Foochow as a bustling treaty port.

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19世紀の旅行記の多くは、福州を活気ある条約港として記している。

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Dated form of Fuzhou.

The steamer Lee Yuen, when about 30 miles from Foochow, abreast of Fuhyan, on her passage from this port to Foochow, carried away the lignum vitæ bush in the stern tube. She was beached for one tide under the lee of Matsu Island, for temporary repairs, and then proceeded to Foochow, where she has gone into dock.

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