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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Foochow, about 400 miles southwest from Shanghai in the Province of Fukien.
From Time Magazine Archive
Red surface craft have moved south of Wenchow, and are operating from small ports between Wenchow and Foochow.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow, Chungking, Foochow and Swatow, thousands of shops and factories have gone bankrupt.
From Time Magazine Archive
In coastal Foochow, two months after liberation, Chinese industry and doggedness had already brought civilian life to prewar levels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Ahok sailed from Foochow the 26th of January, 1890.
From Notable Women of Modern China by Margaret E. Burton
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