Fuzhou
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Definitions
- 1 A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Fujian, China.
"At the end of August Eaton anchored at a group of three small islands off the coast of Fujian to take on fresh water, as the casks had not been refilled since leaving the Cape in April. Cuninghame calls these islands the Crocodile Islands, but he says the Chinese call them the ‘Pek-kin Islands’. These are the Matsu Islands, north east of Fuzhou, one of which is called Peikantang or Peikan Island."
- 2 A prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangxi, China.
"The blasts occurred in the city of Fuzhou in Jiangxi Province between 9 and 9:45 a.m., according to the government posting, which appeared on the province’s propaganda bureau Web site. The first one was at the Fuzhou Procurator’s Office, the second at the Linzhuan District government building and the third in a car park at the Linzhuan Food and Drug Administration office."
Example
More examples"The Fuzhou Zoo in China's Fujian Province has done more than its counterparts in training pandas."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 福州 (Fúzhōu).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 撫州 /抚州 (Fǔzhōu).
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