Soochow Creek

English

Proper noun

Soochow Creek

1. Dated form of Suzhou Creek.
   • 1968, “SHANGHAI (SHANG-HAI)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[1], volume 20, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 345, column 2:

     Later this strip between the canal and the walls became the site of the French concession, while the American settlement (Hongkew) grew up on the northern side of the Soochow Creek.

   • 2018, Paul French, chapter 17, in City of Devils‎^[2], Picador, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 102:

     The Japanese repeated their trick in Shanghai — they engineered an excuse, invented a supposed provocation, to justify attacks on the Chinese portions of Shanghai to the north of Soochow Creek — Chapei, Paoshan, and Kiangwan.

Descendants

• French: Sou-Tchéou-Creek