- Foochow
- geographical name — see Fuzhou
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Foochow
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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
