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Chiangchew
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nan-hbl 漳州 Chiang-chiu, specifically the en nan-xia - and en nan-zha - dialects.
Pronunciation
en /t͡ʃiaŋˈt͡ʃuː/
Proper noun
en Zhangzhou.
en https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.500624/page/n107/ 1822 February Section III: Japan and China A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East-India Companys Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East, and of the Causes by which Those Endeavours Have been Frustrated w:The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies XIII 74 117 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.500624/page/n119/ He then fled from Chiangchew, the city of his residence, and settled upon the isle of Amoy, where he resided, and defended it by his fleet.
en https://archive.org/details/missionfield00amergoog/page/n77/ 7 December 1888 John G. Fagg The Amoy Mission, China The Mission Field II 3 25 https://archive.org/details/missionfield00amergoog/page/n101/ About twenty mills beyond Chiangchew, we get into a valley where the foreigner is seldom seen....The next day we are off for the headquarters of this region Chiangchew.