Chin-chou

A form of Jinzhou — A district of Dalian, Liaoning, China.

Meanings

Chin-chou1

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Jinzhou.

    The Chin-chou area in western Liaoning, the largest molybdenum producer in China for many years, formerly accounted for perhaps three-fourths of the national output.

    1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, ATLAS OF CHINA, McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 97, column 2
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    This spot, chosen from the chart, had not been reconnoitred in peace time, and to have done so after the opening of hostilities would have attracted the attention of the Russians, who had a force only some eighteen miles distant at Pu-lan-tien, and another at Chin-chou about twenty-five miles from Yen-tai Bay.

    1908, The Official History of the Russo-Japanese War, volume II, →OCLC, page 8

    All this made the situation of the regiment a very difficult one, the more so, as the enemy was free to effect a landing between Chin-chou and Port Arthur, and cut us off from the fortress.

    1911, N. A. Tretyakov, translated by A. C. Alford, edited by F. Nolan Baker, My Experiences at Nan Shan and Port Arthur, London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., →OCLC, pages 6–7

    The Liaoning-Shenyang campaign started on September 12 in the Chin-chou area, and after fifty-two days of fierce fighting, 470,000 of Chiang's bandit troops in the Northeast were wiped out.

    1975, The Lin Piao Affair (Routledge Revivals): Power Politics and Military Coup, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQlqDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT82

Chin-chou2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Qinzhou.

Origin

Chin-chou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin錦州 /锦州
  2. EnglishChin-chou

From Mandarin 錦州 /锦州 (Jǐnzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin³-chou¹.

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Chin-chou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin秦州
  2. EnglishChin-chou

From Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin²-chou¹.

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