Ch'uan-chou

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English

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 泉州 (Quánzhōu), Wade-Giles romanization: Chʻüan²-chou¹.

Proper noun

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Ch'uan-chou

  1. Alternative form of Quanzhou
    • 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History[1], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 179:
      The development of the tea and camphor trades conferred locational advantages upon settlers from Chang-chou and the Hakka in northern Taiwan, serving to balance the scales against previously dominant Ch'uan-chou residents.

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