China Buckeer

English

Etymology

Hobson-Jobson (see references) cites Emanuel Forchhammer, in his Notes on the Early History and Geography of British Burma (page 16), stating that the country between Rangoon and Bassein, i.e. on the west of the Rangoon River, bore the name of Pokhara, of which Buckeer was a corruption.

Proper noun

China Buckeer

1. (obsolete) One of the chief delta mouths of the Irrawaddy river.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “China Buckeer”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].