Foochow
Foo·chow/ˈfuˈt͡ʃoʊ/noun, adjective
Foochow is a noun meaning “A person who traces his/her ancestry to Fuzhou or the surrounding region” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-O-C-H-O-W and has 2 syllables (Foo·chow), and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Foochow is Foochows.
What does Foochow mean?
noun
- 1
A person who traces his/her ancestry to Fuzhou or the surrounding region.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the Fuzhou dialect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Foochow?
- US /ˈfuˈt͡ʃoʊ/
- UK /fuːˈt͡ʃəʊ/
Foochow has 2 syllables, split Foo·chow in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Foochow
- Foochows plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Foochow?
Foochow appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Foochow come from?
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 福州 (Fúzhōu). Doublet of Hokchiu.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).