Meaning of Siccawei | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of Xujiahui, an area of Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
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2. Synonym of Xuhui, the larger district of Shanghai, China, surrounding Xujiahui.
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Examples

“The factory we went to see was out in the Hsuchiahui (Siccawei, in Shanghai dialect) district, and was called the Deaf and Mute Workers' Electrical Appliance Factory No. 2.”

Travels in China, 1966-71

“Early on the morning of the eighteenth the Taipings occupied the historic town of Hsu-chia-hui, or Siccawei, just west of the port, where Jesuit missionaries had long before established an important Catholic community.”

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