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Chekiangese
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English
Etymology
From en Chekiang ese.
Noun
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en chiefly in the plural en Zhejiangese Of, from, or pertaining to the province or people of Zhejiang (Chekiang), China.
en https://archive.org/details/earlychiangkaish0000lohp/ 1971 The early Chiang Kai-shek: A STUDY OF HIS PERSONALITY AND POLITICS, 1887-1924 Pichon Pei Yung Loh w:Columbia University Press 138 Like Chou, Shao Yüan-ch'ung was from Chekiang. The three Chekiangese had had a long-standing association going back to the days of Chiang's association with Ch'en Ch'i-mei.
en https://archive.org/details/shanghairisefall00dong/ 2000 Shanghai The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City w:Stella Dong w:HarperCollins 85 In Shanghai, where the alliance had established a central China bureau only three months earlier, its leader was Chen Chi-mei, a thirty-four-year-old Chekiangese who had studied police and military methods in Tokyo.
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