Kiaochow

British  

/ ˈkjaʊˈtʃaʊ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Jiaozhou

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Example Sentences

The Germans seized Kiaochow Bay and created a naval base there; they also acquired railway and mining rights in Shantung, which, by the Treaty of Versailles, passed to Japan in accordance with the Fourteen Points.

From The Problem of China by Russell, Bertrand

Tsingtao sits at the entrance of Kiaochow Bay.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)

The German stronghold of Kiaochow was promptly reduced, while Germany’s possessions in the Pacific Ocean north of the equator, the Caroline, Pelew, Marianne, and Marshall island-groups, were likewise occupied by Japanese forces.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop

Yes or no, was Kiaochow a German possession in the year 1914?

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph

It is in the name of the welfare of the peoples, as well as in the name of justice, that we assert our right to take over Kiaochow.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph