Tsinchow

English

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Etymology

From the Postal Romanization[1] of Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu).

Proper noun

Tsinchow

  1. (historical) Former name of Tianshui, a major city in China's Gansu province
    • 1907, Marshall Broomhall, editor, The Chinese Empire: A General & Missionary Survey‎, page 192:
      In some parts a woollen home-spun is manufactured, and the city of Tsinchow is famous for its beautifully carved walnut woodwork.
    • 2004, Valerie Griffiths, “Inland Pioneers”, in Not Less than Everything‎, Monarch Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 88:
      Within weeks of their wedding they were heading back to Tianshui (Tsinchow) in Gansu. They were the first couple to move inland, and travelled to the north-west by boat, slowly hauled up the Han River with its rapids, carrying 18 boxes of books for Easton who was already in Tianshui alone.
  2. The Catholic diocese of southern Gansu, based in modern Tianshui

References
  1. Index to the New Map of China (In English and Chinese).‎, Second edition, Shanghai: Far Eastern Geographical Establishment, 1915 March, →OCLC, page 93: “The romanisation adopted is […] that used by the Chinese Post Office. […] Tsinchow Kan 秦州 Kansu 甘肅 34.29N 105.34E”

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