Foochow, a Chinese city, the capital of the province of Fu-chien, situated on the Min, 125 m. NE. of Amoy. Massive walls 30 ft. high enclose the original town, but the extensive suburbs reach down to the river, which is bridged, and is a convenient waterway for trading with the interior; it was made a free port in 1842, and is the centre of a busy trade in tea, timber, and textiles.
Population (circa 1900) given as 630,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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