English Explanatory Dictionary

Fookien

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative form of Fukien.
adj
  1. Alternative form of Fukien.

Word forms

Fookien

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. See also Foochow, Fooching, Soochow. Compare Spanish Fokien.

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