Foochow
Americannoun
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Older Spelling. Fuzhou.
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Also called Northern Min. a dialect of Chinese spoken in and around Fuzhou.
noun
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In Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow, Chungking, Foochow and Swatow, thousands of shops and factories have gone bankrupt.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Students' Union at Foochow declared a boycott against U. S. herring.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Church Missionary Society in London cabled Consul Martin at Foochow to pay the ranson instanter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along the thin Japanese shell of coastline, Chinese broke through to enter Foochow, one of China's important ports, and captured the nearby airport.
From Time Magazine Archive
Commissioner Lin, a native of Foochow, was transferred from the viceroyalty of Wuchang to that of Canton and clothed with plenary powers for the execution of this decree.
From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)
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