Lieuchieu

Proper noun

Lieuchieu (plural Lieuchieux)

1. (historical) Synonym of Ryukyu.
   • He now directed his courſe between the continent and Formoſa, and, paſſing round the north end of that iſland, and by the great Lieuchieu (where he touched) he came to Japan, and traced its ſouth and eaſt coaſts, to Cape Namba, the N. E. point of that iſland.1805 August, William Robert Broughton, “A Voyage of Diſcovery to the North Pacific Ocean : performed in his Majeſty's Ship Providence and her Tender, in the Years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798”, in The...
   • From Tchosan captain Broughton proceeded to the Yellow Sea ; then standing to the east, he examined a cluster of small islands, about 3° north of the Lieuchieu-group, and afterwards Corea, made the best of his way, by the usual track to the north of Formosa, to Macao, where he arrived on the 27th...1805, The Annual Review and History of Literature for 1804, volume III, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, →OCLC, page 93

   Synonyms:

   Ryukyu