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
Example Sentences
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Last week Chinese land forces launched an offensive that carried them to the gates of Nanchang and Foochow, the latter on the coast 880 miles east of Chungking.
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
His marines marched into Foochow, the rebel capital, almost unopposed because the veterans of the 19th Route Army who stood off Japan in the Battle of Shanghai have been largely replaced by stumbling recruits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other Red troops to the southeast had walked into Foochow practically unopposed and swung south toward Amoy.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is very hot here, like Foochow in the sixth moon.
From Notable Women of Modern China by Burton, Margaret E.
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