fo-kyen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Fo-kyen is bounded by Che-kyang on the North, Kyang-ſi on the Weſt, Quang-tong on the South, and on the Eaſt by the Sea of China."
"Fu-chew is the capital of the province of Fo-kyen. Amoy, or Emoui, is a port-town in the province of Fo-kyen, oppoſite the iſland of Formoſa."
"The city of Fo-nagan is very much renowned in the province of Fo-kyen, and it ſuffered much when the Tartars invaded this empire."

An English-derived romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 福建 (Fújiàn).

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