Tsinchow
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Postal Romanization[1] of Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu).
Proper noun
[edit]Tsinchow
- (historical) Former name of Tianshui, a major city in China's Gansu province
- 1907, Marshall Broomhall, editor, The Chinese Empire: A General & Missionary Survey[2], page 192:
- In some parts a woollen home-spun is manufactured, and the city of Tsinchow is famous for its beautifully carved walnut woodwork.
- 2004, Valerie Griffiths, “Inland Pioneers”, in Not Less than Everything[3], Monarch Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 88:
- Within weeks of their wedding they were heading back to Tianshui (Tsinchow) in Gansu. They were the first couple to move inland, and travelled to the north-west by boat, slowly hauled up the Han River with its rapids, carrying 18 boxes of books for Easton who was already in Tianshui alone.
- The Catholic diocese of southern Gansu, based in modern Tianshui