English
Quanzhou
Quanzhou comes from Mandarin 泉州.
- Mandarinmodern泉州literally ‘spring prefecture’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984Quanzhou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern泉州literally ‘spring prefecture’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984Quanzhou
Earliest quotation: 1984, Zhuang Weiji, Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars: “Between 1946 and 1948 in the ruins of the…”
Every English word from Mandarin 泉州
Another origin of Quanzhou
- Mandarinmodern全州literally ‘round prefecture’
- EnglishtodayQuanzhou
Today it means
name A prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 泉州 / Quanzhou