Chi-chou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 濟州／济州 (Jìzhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chi⁴-chou¹.

Proper noun

Chi-chou

1. Alternative form of Jizhou (Jeju, South Korea)
   • 1959, Henry Serruys, “Mongols on Tan-lo 耽羅 Island”, in The Mongols in China During the Hung-wu Period (1368-1398)‎^[1], →OCLC, page 296:

     […] August 10-September 7, 1832) : "The [Ming] emperor pacified Yünnan and sent the family-dependents of the prince of Liang to Chi-chou [Cheju, i.e. Tan-lo] where they would be established." We are not informed of the number of Mongols being sent to Korea and Tan-lo this time; […]

   • 1963 May, Cheng-siang Chen [陳正祥], “Foreign Trade”, in Taiwan: An Economic and Social Geography‎^[2], volume I, number 96, Taipei: Weiwen Press Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 609:

     The Dutch ship Witte Paert which sailed to Nagasaki, Japan from Anping, carried 54,700 pieces of ordinary deer skin and 2,000 pieces of large deer skin, with still 30,000 pieces more awaiting shipment at Anping. The Jacht de Sperwer sailing from Anping to Japan on July 29 of the same year sank near the Chi Chou Island (濟州島), with a load, among other things, of 19,952 pieces of deer skin, 3,000 pieces of large deer skin, 3,078 pieces of goat skin, and 920 piculs of sugar.

   • 1974 September 11 [1973 November 5], Chu Yung-t'i (2612/3057/4398), Kuo Yung-jun (6753/3057/3387), Shanghai Weather Bureau, “A Four-Level Quasi-Geostrophic Model Including Large-Scale Orographic Influence”, in Translations on People's Republic of China‎^[3], number 286, →OCLC, page 17:

     In order to study the effects of orography, we have carried out the above example without orographic considerations. The results indicate that the 48-hour predicted position of the surface low-pressure was in the vicinity of Chi-chou Island, which was further away from the actual position.

   • 1980, Asian Folklore Studies‎^[4], volumes 1-40, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 72:

     The present-day name of this mountain, according to the SCTLTK, pp.84-85, refers to Chi-chou Island (濟州島); its Korean name is Cheju-do and it is in the Republic of Korea.

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