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Suchuen

Suchuen is the obsolete form of Sichuan.

Meaning of Sichuan

Proper noun

Sichuan

  1. A province in central China. Capital: Chengdu.
    • In Suchue, on Mount Tiexe, the ſtones that grow there being burnt in the fire, drop Iron, which is very fit for the making Swords.[1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 242

Questions about Suchuen

What is Suchuen the obsolete form of?
Suchuen is the obsolete form of Sichuan.

Words near Suchuen in the dictionary

  1. suchomimus
  2. suchomimuses
  3. Suchos
  4. Suchou
  5. Suchow
  6. Suchuen
  7. Suchus
  8. suchwise
  9. Suchy
  10. Suchys
  11. SUCI

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