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Foochownese

Foochownese noun: a person from Fuzhou.

Noun

Foochownese (plural Foochownese)

  1. (US, dated) A person from Fuzhou.
    • That the Chinese still do it when they are away from their homeland with regrettable result to themselves, is evident from cases reported by Manson (1880) in a Foochownese, by Koo (1924) in a Shantunguese, Seymour (? Cantonese), from South America (Cantonese), from the Philippines (Amoynese), and...1930, J. H. Liu, Lien-tê Wu, Yui C. Voonping, The National Medical Journal of China - Volume 16, page 100
    • Other elements are Hakkas, some Foochownese, some mixtures of Chinese and aborigines in the south, a few remaining Japanese, and many refugees from East China and other parts of China.1939, Hawaiian Academy of Sciences, Proceedings - Issues 13-30, page 103

Proper noun

Foochownese

  1. (US) The dialect spoken in the area around Fuzhou.
    • Cui Sung (Foochownese Romanization);1874, Zoology Reprints and Separata, Etc - Volume 112
    • The character 林, for instance, has the same meaning for all, although it is pronounced Lin in Pekinese, Ling in Foochownese, Liem in Foganese, Lam in Cantonese, etc.1963, Vincent Tsing Ching Lin, Adult Education in People's Republic of China, 1950-1958, →OCLC, page 64

Examples of Foochownese in a sentence

  • During their first few years in Shantung, Hung and his brothers continued their education under their Foochownese tutor, Master Hsieh.1987, Susan Chan Egan, William Hung, A Latterday Confucian: Reminiscences of William Hung, (1893-1980), →ISBN, page 1987:
  • The patient was a 53-year-old, married, Foochownese housewife.1988 September, Yat-San Tsai, Shi-Chiy Su, Tai-Te Wang, Chien-Tien Hsu, Yun-Nan Lin, “Primary choriocarcinoma in the uterine cervix: report...

Forms of Foochownese

pluralFoochownese

Questions about Foochownese

What does Foochownese mean?
Foochownese means a person from Fuzhou.
How do you use Foochownese in a sentence?
During their first few years in Shantung, Hung and his brothers continued their education under their Foochownese tutor, Master Hsieh.
What part of speech is Foochownese?
Foochownese can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Foochownese?
The plural of Foochownese is Foochownese.

Words near Foochownese in the dictionary

  1. foobars
  2. foobs
  3. Fooching
  4. Foochow
  5. Foochowese
  6. Foochownese
  7. Foochows
  8. food
  9. food additive
  10. food additives
  11. food allergies

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