English Explanatory Dictionary

Tsinchow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Tianshui, a major city in China's Gansu province
  2. The Catholic diocese of southern Gansu, based in modern Tianshui

Word forms

Tsinchow Ch'in-chou Qinzhou

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu).

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