What Oriental Names May Mean

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1055, 1 August 1904, Page 2

What Oriental Names May Mean

Ik view of tho difficulties croaiod in tho average Occidental mind by tho avorago Oriental names, tho following prefixes and suflixos will bo of service to news* paper roadors of the war news:—Fu to the name of a city indicates capital ot provinoo, a city of tho first class. Chon indicates city of tho sooond class; Yi, a small post town, as Ychang*Yi, At tho termination ot geographical torms: Kiang, ho yohiun, yohu all moan stream river. Ilai—Sop, somotimes lake, fchaa -Mountain. Kuan—Camp, strong fortified place. Shau-hai-huan—Tho fortified camp whero tho mountains and tho sea meet, aptly illustrates theso three (onus Ling—Pass ovor a mountain. Ychcng-ohcu.holo—Town, largo villago, At tho beginning ot geographical names the following prefixos may generally bo translated: Ya—Great, largo. Siao— Small, little Poi—North. Nan-South, Hoi-Black. Huang-Yellow, Si-Wost, Tung—East, Strang—Uppor, Hio Lowor.

Korean tonus: In Korea the tormina-; lion Po, or pho, indicates that tho place is a port or harbour on navigablo waters, as; -Yongampho, tho harbor near the mouth of tho Yam Itivcr. Mashampo—Tho disputed naval base on tho southern shove of tho peninsula, Do -As termination indicates that the place is ut province, and means therefore " the district of" or that it is the capital of that proviuoe, Han— Eivor.