Zayton
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Proper Noun
- 1 A major but poorly known medieval port of Fujian in China, variously intending Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in different sources. historical
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From Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”), derived from Quanzhou's former Chinese nickname 刺桐城 (Cìtóngchéng, “Tung Tree City”), after the trees which had been extensively planted there in the 10th century by Liu Congxiao.
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