Chin-chou

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Mandarin 錦州锦州 (Jǐnzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin³-chou¹.[1]

Proper noun

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Chin-chou

  1. Alternative form of Jinzhou
    • 1908, The Official History of the Russo-Japanese War[1], volume II, →OCLC, page 8:
      This spot, chosen from the chart, had not been reconnoitred in peace time, and to have done so after the opening of hostilities would have attracted the attention of the Russians, who had a force only some eighteen miles distant at Pu-lan-tien, and another at Chin-chou about twenty-five miles from Yen-tai Bay.
    • 1911, N. A. Tretyakov, translated by A. C. Alford, edited by F. Nolan Baker, My Experiences at Nan Shan and Port Arthur[2], London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., →OCLC, pages 6–7:
      All this made the situation of the regiment a very difficult one, the more so, as the enemy was free to effect a landing between Chin-chou and Port Arthur, and cut us off from the fortress.
    • 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, ATLAS OF CHINA[3], McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 97, column 2:
      The Chin-chou area in western Liaoning, the largest molybdenum producer in China for many years, formerly accounted for perhaps three-fourths of the national output.
    • 1975, The Lin Piao Affair (Routledge Revivals): Power Politics and Military Coup[4], →ISBN, →OCLC, page [5]:
      The Liaoning-Shenyang campaign started on September 12 in the Chin-chou area, and after fifty-two days of fierce fighting, 470,000 of Chiang's bandit troops in the Northeast were wiped out.
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References

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  1. ^ Jinzhou, Wade Giles romanization Chin-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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Etymology 2

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From Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin²-chou¹.

Proper noun

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Chin-chou

  1. Alternative form of Qinzhou
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