English
Foochow
Foochow comes from Mandarin 福州.
- Mandarinmodern福州Fúzhōu
- Englishearliest quotation 1875Foochow
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern福州Fúzhōu
- Englishearliest quotation 1875Foochow
Earliest quotation: 1875, Summary of News: “The steamer Lee Yuen, when about 30 miles from…”
Every English word from Mandarin 福州
Today it means
name Fuzhou dialect (a linguistic variety of Eastern Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 福州 / Foochow