Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fookien

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fook-ien
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Fukien.

adj

Alternative form of Fukien.

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. See also Foochow, Fooching, Soochow. Compare Spanish Fokien.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does fookien mean?
Alternative form of Fukien.
Where does fookien come from?
From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. See also Foochow, Fooching, Soochow. Compare Spanish Fokien.

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