Kiaochow

British  

/ ˈkjaʊˈtʃaʊ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Jiaozhou

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Example Sentences

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

A highway connects it with the Yellow river, and it is joined by a railway 280 m. long to Kiaochow.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

Yes or no, was Kiaochow captured by the English and Japanese troops in 1914 with the sole object of destroying a dangerous naval base?

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

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

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

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