chin-chow

Chin·chow

[Chinese jin-joh]
noun Older spelling.
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Chin-Chou or Chin-chow (ˈtʃɪnˈtʃaʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Jinzhou
 
Chin-chow or Chin-chow
 
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Chin-chow is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Jinzhou, Chin-Chou or Chin-chow (ˈdʒɪnˈdʒəʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Former name (1913--47): Chin-hsien a city in NE China, in SW Liaoning province. Pop: 888 000 (2005 est)
 
Chin-Chou, Chin-Chou or Chin-chow
 
n
 
Chin-chow, Chin-Chou or Chin-chow
 
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