Zayton

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A major but poorly known medieval port of Fujian in China, variously intending Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in different sources. historical

词形变化

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词源

From Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”), derived from Quanzhou's former Chinese nickname 刺桐城 (Cìtóngchéng, “Tung Tree City”), after the trees which had been extensively planted there in the 10th century by Liu Congxiao.
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