Foochow

[ foo-chou; Chinese foo-joh ]
/ ˈfuˈtʃaʊ; Chinese ˈfuˈdʒoʊ /

noun

Older Spelling. Fuzhou.
Also called Northern Min. a dialect of Chinese spoken in and around Foochow.

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British Dictionary definitions for foochow

Foochow
/ (ˈfuːˈtʃaʊ) /

noun

a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Fuzhou
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