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Quanzhou¹

  • /ˈt͡ʃwɑnˈt͡soʊ/

Where it comes from

c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 泉州 (Quánzhōu, literally “spring prefecture”).

proper noun Cyuanjhou · Ch'uan-chou · Ch'üan-chou · Chuanchou

  1. A prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian, China. Between 1946 and 1948 in the ruins of the foundations of Quanzhou’s South Gate Tower and southern wall we excavated more that twenty large white gravestones, inscribed in Arabic on both sides. They obviously had been taken from a demolished Islamic mosque. The area overlooked in the Jin River and wa

    Similar: Zeitoun, Zaitun, Zayton, Zaytun, Zaytoun, Zeytoun, Chinchew, Chinchu, Chin-chiu, Chuanchiu, Tsuan-tsiu, Chuanchow

Quanzhou²

  • /ˈt͡ʃwɑnˈt͡soʊ/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 全州 (Quánzhōu, literally “round prefecture”).

proper noun Ch'uan-chou · Ch'üan-chou · Chuanchou

  1. A county in Guilin, Guangxi, China.

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name a city of China

한국어취안저우 Chwianjeou, 泉州 jeonju
日本語泉州 Senshū
中文泉州 Quánzhōu
PortuguêsChincheu, Quanzhou
РусскийЦюаньчжо́у Cjuanʹčžóu
Tiếng ViệtTuyền Châu
العربيةتْشْيُوَانْتْشُو tšyuwantšū, تْشْيُوَانْجُو tšyuwanjū

name a county of Guangxi, China

한국어전주 Jeonju
日本語全州 Zenshū
中文全州 Quánzhōu
Tiếng ViệtToàn Châu

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@misc{quanzhou_2026,
  title = {Quanzhou},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quanzhou},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}