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

The only task that fell to their lot on land was that of capturing Kiaochow.

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

Her lease of the territory of Kiaochow Bay brings her into contact with us, and her ambition to exploit the coal-mines of Shantung lends her a community of interest with us.

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

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 fall of Tsingtau renders obsolete the German colonial type of stamp for Kiaochow, although there may have been some interesting provisional issue here, and also possibly in the Marshall and Marianne Islands.

From The Postage Stamp in War by Melville, Fred. J.