"Lungchow" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Mandarin 龍州/龙州 (Lóngzhōu). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|龍州}} 龍州/龙州 (Lóngzhōu) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lungchow
  1. Dated form of Longzhou. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: Longzhou
    Sense id: en-Lungchow-en-name-fcsmJATh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with tab characters

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          "text": "Lungchow.—Farther west than Nanning, and situated on the \" Left River,\" a tributary of the \"West River, is Lungchow, opened as a treaty port in 1887, after the Franco-Chinese War. It has not yet been connected with Hanoi by rail, as intended, on account of the reluctance of the Chinese to give the French a foothold in KWANGSI. The terminus of the railway is over the border near Lang- son, but a road connects with Lungchow, 35 miles away.",
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          "ref": "1925, Harry A. Franck, Roving Through Southern China, The Century Company, →OCLC, page 355",
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          "ref": "1969, King C. Chen, Vietnam and China, 1938-1954, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 202",
          "text": "One unit was unexpectedly attacked in early December by local Chinese and Viet-Minh Communists from the north and the south at P'ingmeng and P'ingerhkuan (a Chinese border town about 40 miles from Lungchow), and was wiped out.",
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