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Quanzhounese
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Etymology
From en Quanzhou -n- -ese.
Noun
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en chiefly in the plural A person from Quanzhou.
en 2008 David Leffman Rough Guide to China w:Rough Guides https://archive.org/details/roughguidetochin00leff/ 5th 543 978-1-84353-872-1 440992429 11905333M https://archive.org/details/roughguidetochin00leff/page/543/ According to Chinese government statistics, there are more than two million Quanzhounese living abroad today - which compares to just half a million remaining in the entire municipal area.
en 2006 Cai Guo-Qiang; Guoqiang Cai Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinmen Island: A Permanent Sanctuary for Art in a Demilitarized Zone I, a Quanzhounese, am half Kinmenese as well. In the past two to three years, I've been here nine times. Every trip to Taipei was for coming to Kinmen.
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