Luichew

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1. A peninsula in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.

   At LuiChew, near Lingpo, a rich ex-Mandarin was ordered to at once take 3,000 soldiers to guard a place called Wu Leong Kiang, which he refused to do;[…]

   1884 May 9, “FOOCHOW.”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XXXII, number 879, Shanghai, sourced from Foochow Herald, →OCLC, page 530, column 1

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   A few members of other speech groups also settled in Kuching. These included Foochows (Hokchius), from the city and surrounding districts in northern Fukien; Henghuas, from the coastal area of Fukien midway between Hokkien and Foochowspeaking areas; Hokchias, closely related to Henghuas and emanating from a small district between Henghua and Foochow; and Luichews, whose home area was the Luichew Peninsula of Kwangtung.

   1987, Craig Alan Lockard, “Social Organization and Community Life, 1847-1900”, in From Kampung to City: A Social History of Kuching Malaysia, 1820-1970 (Monographs in International Studies Southeast Asia Series), number 75, Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies Center for Southeast Asian Studies, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 65

   Synonyms: Leizhou, Luichow, Loi Chau

2. A county-level city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.

   Synonyms: Leizhou, Luichow

3. IndonesiaMalaysiaSingaporeSoutheast AsiaLuichew Min (a linguistic variety of Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)

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1. IndonesiaMalaysiaSingaporeSoutheast Asiaa person who traces his/her ancestry to Leizhou or the surrounding area, especially those that ancestrally speak Luichew Min.

alternative Lui chew · alternative Lui Chew · alternative Lui-chew · alternative Luichiu · alternative Lui Chiu · alternative Lui-chiu

1. IndonesiaMalaysiaSingaporenot comparableSoutheast Asiaof or relating to the linguistic variety under Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family and its speakers or people of heritage from Leizhou