Kinhwa

English

Etymology

From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 金華／金华 (Jīnhuá, literally “golden flourishing”).

Proper noun

Kinhwa

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Jinhua
   • 1943 February, “Monsignor Fraser Safe”, in China‎^[1], volume XXIV, number 2, page 3:

     No doubt Monsignor is hoping to be able to return soon to his beloved Chinese people in Kinhwa, who miss him more than ever during these sad days in Chekiang Province.

   • 1971, Mary Backus Rankin, Early Chinese Revolutionaries Radical Intellectuals in Shanghai and Chekiang, 1902-1911‎^[2], Harvard University Press, page 130:

     His lieutenant was a former member of Tseng Kuo-fan's Hunan army, who resigned after the Taiping Rebellion and settled in Kinhwa.

   • 1982, Grant Maxwell, Assignment in Chekiang‎^[3], Thorn Press Limited, page 22:

     South of Ningpo are Kinhwa and Lishui - the latter known at first as Chuchow, which was field headquarters for Scarboro mission bands.

Anagrams

• Hawkin, Ikhwan