Etymology

Fu-chou

Mandarin 福州
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from福州
  2. English todayFu-chou

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 福州 (Fu²-chou¹).

Words from the same roots

Mandarin福州 all →

FuzhouFoochow

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.