Zayton

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic زَيْتُون‎ (zaytūn, “olive”), a calque of Quanzhou's former Chinese nickname 刺桐城 (“Tung Tree City”), after the trees which had been extensively planted there in the 10th century by Liu Congxiao.[1]

Proper noun

Zayton

  1. (historical geography) A major but poorly known medieval port of Fujian in China, variously intending Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in different sources.

References
  1. Kauz, Ralph. Aspects of the Maritime Silk Road, p. 145.
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