Kienow

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 建甌／建瓯 (Jiàn'ōu).

Proper noun

Kienow

1. Dated form of Jian'ou.
   • 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic‎^[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 157:

     Fukien’s mineral resources are largely unexploited. Coal is found near Shaowu, Kienow and Lungyen.

   • 1969, Robert Payne, Chiang Kai-shek‎^[2], New York: Weybright and Talley, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 162:

     At Kienow, a town in Fukien, he had seen a boy less than ten years old smoking in the street. Incensed by the child's depravity, he had summoned the boy's parents and upbraided them for permitting such behavior. The dressing-down apparently had some effect, for there was a conspicuous decline in cigarette smoking by children in Kienow thereafter.

   • 2008, Keith D. Dickson, World War II Almanac (Almanacs of American Wars)‎^[3], volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 520:

     In China, Fourteenth Air Force P-40s and P-51 Mustangs attack road and rail traffic. Six Japanese bombers damage the airfield at Kienow.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kienow

1. A surname.