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Luichew

Luichew proper noun: a peninsula in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.

Proper noun

Luichew

  1. A peninsula in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
    • At LuiChew, near Lingpo, a rich ex-Mandarin was ordered to at once take 3,000 soldiers to guard a place called Wu Leong Kiang, which he refused to do;[…]1884 May 9, “FOOCHOW.”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XXXII, number 879, Shanghai, sourced from Foochow Herald, →OCLC, page 530, column 1
    • A few members of other speech groups also settled in Kuching. These included Foochows (Hokchius), from the city and surrounding districts in northern Fukien; Henghuas, from the coastal area of Fukien midway between Hokkien and Foochowspeaking areas; Hokchias, closely related to Henghuas and...1987, Craig Alan Lockard, “Social Organization and Community Life, 1847-1900”, in From Kampung to City: A Social History of Kuching Malaysia, 1820-1970 (Monographs in International Studies Southeast...
    Synonyms:
    Leizhou, Luichow, Loi Chau
  2. A county-level city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
    Synonyms:
    Leizhou, Luichow
  3. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southeast Asia) Luichew Min (a linguistic variety of Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)

Noun

Luichew (plural Luichews)

  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southeast Asia) a person who traces his/her ancestry to Leizhou or the surrounding area, especially those that ancestrally speak Luichew Min.

Adjective

Luichew (not comparable)

  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southeast Asia) of or relating to the linguistic variety under Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family and its speakers or people of heritage from Leizhou

Synonyms of Luichew

Forms of Luichew

Proper noun
alternative formLui chew
alternative formLui Chew
alternative formLui-chew
alternative formLuichiu
alternative formLui Chiu
alternative formLui-chiu
Noun
pluralLuichews

Origin of Luichew

From either or both Leizhou Min 雷州 and Hokkien 雷州 (Lûi-chiu). Doublet of Leizhou and Luichow.

Questions about Luichew

What does Luichew mean?
Luichew means a peninsula in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
What part of speech is Luichew?
Luichew can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.

Words near Luichew in the dictionary

  1. Luhya
  2. Luhyia
  3. Lui
  4. lui-haai
  5. Luib
  6. Luichew
  7. Luichow
  8. luidiaquinoside
  9. luidiid
  10. luidiids
  11. luigi

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