Tsinkiang

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A form of Jinjiang — A county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of Jinjiang.

    The patient, a Chinese boy aged 10 years, was admitted to the Chuanchow General Hospital, Tsinkiang, Fukien, on August 10.

    1950 December 16, N. Tunnell, “Peanut from Bronchus by Percussion”, in British Medical Journal, volume 2, number 4693, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1390
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    Each large vessel was accompanied by three smaller ones to tow it in calm weather. The ships were built in Zaytun (present Tsinkiang, about three hundred miles northeast of Hong Kong) and Canton in China and were fitted with sails made of bamboo woven like mats.

    1975, Lucile McDonald, The Arab Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Thomas Nelson Inc., Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 124

    Fan Yuan-yen and his MIG-19 fighter took off from Tsinkiang, Fukien, and arrived at Tainan Airport on July 7, 1977, Fortieth anniversary of China's War of Resistance against Japan.

    1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development, volume II, Taipei: Modern China Press, via Internet Archive, →OCLC, page 525
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