閩縣

Chinese

Fujian Province (abbrev.); Min a district; county
trad. (閩縣)
simp. (闽县)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

閩縣

  1. (historical) Min (a historical county of Fujian, China)

Usage notes

It was merged with Houguan (侯官) County to form Minhou (閩侯闽侯) County in 1912.

References

  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bân”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 11; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 11
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