"Chinchow" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 錦州/锦州 (Jǐnzhōu). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|錦州}} 錦州/锦州 (Jǐnzhōu) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chinchow
  1. Dated form of Jinzhou. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: Jinzhou
    Sense id: en-Chinchow-en-name-RnzjVWTj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1932, Colonel P. T. Etherton, H. Hessell Titlman, Manchuria: The Cockpit Of Asia, Jarrolds Publishers London Limited, page 219",
          "text": "At the beginning of December, the position was that the Chinese still insisted upon the suspension of hostilities without reservations—an attempt to save the Chinchow area from Japanese hands—while the Japanese declared that they must have a \"free hand\" to deal with \"bandits\" after the suspension of hostilities—\"bandits \" being an elastic phrase which, as events proved, was employed to cover operations against regular Chinese forces thirty thousand strong.",
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