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Quanzhou

Name: Quanzhou
Address: CN

24.9139°N 118.5858°E · Q68695

One English word in this atlas traces back to Quanzhou. It sits in People's Republic of China.

All of People's Republic of China

Pinned here

satinnoun · 14th century

Probable

The cloth is usually traced to a Chinese port's Arabic name.

Satin is commonly derived from Zaytun, the Arabic name for Quanzhou, from which the fabric was shipped. The route is long and the link is probable rather than certain.

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