Foochow

Foochow
geographical name — see Fuzhou

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Foochow — may refer to:*Fuzhou, a city in Fujian province, People s Republic of China *Battle of Foochow, an 1884 battle during the Sino French War * The Foochow Arsenal, a Chinese naval shipyard destroyed in the Battle of Foochow *Fuzhou dialect, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Foochow — Foochow, Stadt, s. Futschou …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Foochow — Foochow, engl. Schreibweise für Fu tschou (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Foochow —   [fudʒɔu], Stadt in China, Fuzhou.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Foochow — [fo͞o′chou′, fo͞o′jō′] a former transliteration of FUZHOU …   English World dictionary

  • foochow — I. ˈfü|jō, |chau̇ noun ( s) Usage: capitalized Etymology: from Foochow, China : a dialect of Chinese spoken in and near Foochow in southeastern China II. adjective Usage: usually capitalized …   Useful english dictionary

  • Foochow — /fooh chow /; Chin. /fooh joh /, n. 1. Older Spelling. Fuzhou. 2. Also called Northern Min. a dialect of Chinese spoken in and around Foochow. Cf. Min. * * * …   Universalium

  • Foochow Romanized — Foochow Romanized, a.k.a. Bàng uâ cê (BUC for short; Chinese characters: 平話字) or Hók ciŭ uâ Lò̤ mā cê (Chinese characters: 福州話羅馬字), is a romanized orthography for the Fuzhou dialect adopted in the middle of 19th century by Western missionaries.… …   Wikipedia

  • Foochow Arsenal — The Foochow Arsenal (Chinese:福州造船廠), also Mawei Arsenal (Chinese: 馬尾造船廠) was one of several shipyards in China built under orders of Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, leaders of the Qing government s Self Strengthening Movement (Zìqiáng, 自强) of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Foochow — VER Fuzhou …   Enciclopedia Universal

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