Fuh-chau

A form of Fuzhou — A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Fujian, China.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. archaicArchaic form of Fuzhou.

    In the city of Fuh-chau I noticed one part of a street where shop after shop rang with the hammering of the copper-kettle makers; lower down combs were being made in every house ; while lower down still, every one seemed busy stretching skins over a wooden frame to make drums.

    1862, Helen Collins, China and Its People, London: J. Nisbet and Co., →OCLC, page 38
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