Meanings
- datedDated form of Zhangzhou.
He then fled from Chiangchew, the city of his residence, and settled upon the isle of Amoy, where he resided, and defended it by his fleet.
1822 February, “A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East-India Companys Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East, and of the Causes by which Those Endeavours Have been Frustrated”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, volume XIII, number 74, Section III: Japan and China, page 1171 more example
About twenty mills beyond Chiangchew, we get into a valley where the foreigner is seldom seen....The next day we are off for the headquarters of this region Chiangchew.
1888 December 7, John G. Fagg, “The Amoy Mission, China”, in The Mission Field, volume II, number 3, page 25
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Hokkien漳州
- EnglishChiangchew
Borrowed from Hokkien 漳州 (Chiang-chiu), specifically the Xiamen Hokkien and Zhangzhou Hokkien dialects.
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