Minhou

English

Alternative forms

• Minhow

Etymology

From Mandarin 閩侯／闽侯 (Mǐnhòu).

Proper noun

Minhou

1. A county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
   • 1975, Rewi Alley, “Some Fukien Pottery Kilns, Ancient and Modern”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[1], volume XIV, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:

     We left Foochow after an early breakfast, and after half an hour on a boat ferry that took us from the city environs across the Min River and up a tributary, we landed in Minhou county, and took the highway that led across Yungtai county to Tehua.

   • 2018 February 28, Ben Blanchard, Benjamin Kang Lim, Philip Wen, “Exclusive: Xi confidant set to become China's new spy master - sources”, in Philip McClellan, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 November 2018, World News‎^[3]:

     Wang, a one-time fan factory worker joined the police force in Minhou county in Fujian in 1979.

   • 2019 November 16, Denise Hruby, “China’s new communes: self-sustainability in Fujian province”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 November 2019, Environment‎^[5]:

     Since 2015, Tang and his wife, Xing Zhen, have been living in a reclusive, mountainous part of Minhou county, in southeastern Fujian province, about two hours’ drive from the capital, Fuzhou.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閩侯／闽侯 (zh) (Mǐnhòu, Mínhòu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Minhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1990, column 3