Meanings
- obsoleteObsolete form of Dengzhou (Penglai, Shandong, China).
Henry Robinson Luce was born on April 3, 1898, to American Presbyterian missionary parents, in Tengchow (now Penglai), China.
2013, Emma Lambert, “Luce, Henry (1898-1967)”, in Thomas Riggs, editor, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 2nd edition, volume 3, St. James Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 382, column 12 more examples
TENGCHOW is one of the cities officially opened as a port for foreign commerce, under the treaty of Tientsin, which went into actual effect in 1860.
1911 September, Daniel W. Fisher, “The New Home”, in Calvin Wilson Mateer: Forty-Five Years a Missionary in Shantung, China; A Biography, Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, →LCCN, →OL, page 70, archived from the original on 03 May 2024Accepted by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, the Mateers left for China in July 1863, and, after a harrowing journey that included shipwreck, arrived at the new mission station in Tengchow (Dengzhou), Shandong Province, in January 1864.
2016, Sharon A. Taylor, “Mateer, Calvin Wilson”, in George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, editors, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, volume 3, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1432, column 1
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Mandarin登州
- EnglishTengchow
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 登州 (Dēngzhōu).
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