Changchow

/ ˈtʃæŋˈtʃaʊ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Zhangzhou

2. former spellings of Changzhou

Example Sentences

Another big eater was Chou Yi-han of Changchow, who fried a ghost.

From Literature

Su was born in 1036 in Meishan, Szechuan province, in western China, died in 1101 in Changchow on the east coast, nearly 25 years before the conquest of northern China by the Khitans.

From Time Magazine Archive

They bombed and thoroughly machine-gunned Foochow and Changchow 32 mi. east of Amoy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Changchow in Fuhkeen: Seay Sew-lin, Ya suh tung shih woo yin, 1818, 8vo, 8 vols.;

From Project Gutenberg

Changchow in the Middle Ages was the seat of a great silk manufacture, and the production of its looms, such as gauzes, satins and velvets, were said to exceed in beauty those of Soochow and Hangchow.

From Project Gutenberg