Jhangjhou

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A form of Zhangzhou — A prefecture-level city in southern Fujian, China.

Scrabble 30

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zhangzhou.

    The reclamation of the Taipei Basin began with people from Jhangjhou and the Hakka.

    2016 July 29, “Museum Briefing”, in New Taipei City Hakka Museum, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2016
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    He then built a settlement in southern Cyuanjhou and from there dispatched trading vessels to Japan, Taiwan, Manila and other destinations.[…] Between 70 to 80 percent of immigrants were from the Jhangjhou and Cyuanjhou regions (Hoklos), 20 percent were from the Jiaing and Chaojhou regions (Hakkas), and only 1 percent from other prefectures of Fujian or other provinces.

    Mini-encyclopedia of Taiwan History

    2005, 台灣歷史小百科 : 認識台灣歷史精華讀本 [Mini-encyclopedia of Taiwan History], →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 85, 107

    According to the official, "Those from Jhangjhou and Cyuanjhou prefectures in Fujian, who have no land to work, no employment and nothing to eat, can become rich, or at least support themselves, once they come to Taiwan."

    Ten Short Talks on Taiwan History

    2005, Wu Mi-cha, editor, 台湾史10講 [Ten Short Talks on Taiwan History], →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 35, 87

    According to the census data gathered in 1995, the Holo people, descendants of the Fukienses (mainly from Cyuanjhou and Jhangjhou of the Fujian) migrated to Taiwan at the end of the Ching dynasty (1683-1895).

    2005, Hsiu-Yang (Ciwas Pawan) Chiang, Culturally relevant indigenous language instruction and curriculum in Taiwan, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022, page 11

    Chiang was a native of Yilan, and his ancestors originally hailed from Longsi County in the Jhangjhou area of Fujian Province.

    c. 2007, 今日郵政, numbers 589-600, 郵政總局, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 78, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2022

    Roughly 93% of the inhabitants of Niaosong Township came from Cyuanjhou and Jhangjhou of Fujian Province, China.

    (Can we date this quote?), “History”, in Niaosong District Office, Kaohsiung City, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2020

Origin

  1. Mandarin漳州
  2. EnglishJhangjhou

The Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 漳州 (Zhāngzhōu) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jhangjhou.

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APA

Jhangjhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jhangjhou

MLA

“Jhangjhou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jhangjhou. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jhangjhou,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jhangjhou.

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