Editing Chinatown (section)

===Other languages===
In [[Philippine Spanish]], the term used for Chinatown districts is '''''[[parián]]''''', a Spanish term derived from [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]] {{lang|ceb|[[wikt:parian|parian]]}} ("market", "bazaar", or "trading place").<ref>{{cite web |title=Information about Heritage of Cebu Monument |url=https://guidetothephilippines.ph/destinations-and-attractions/heritage-of-cebu-monument |website=Guide to the Philippines |access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="pacs.ph"/> In the rest of the [[Spanish Empire]], the Spanish-language term is usually '''''barrio chino''''' (''Chinese neighborhood''; plural: ''barrios chinos''), used in Spain and [[Latin America]]. (However, ''barrio chino'' or its [[Catalan language|Catalan]] cognate ''barri xinès'' do not always refer to a Chinese neighborhood: these are also common terms for a disreputable district with drugs and prostitution, and often no connection to the Chinese.).

In Portuguese, Chinatown is often referred to as '''Bairro chinês''' (''the Chinese Neighbourhood''; plural: ''bairros chineses'').

In [[Francophone]] regions (such as France and [[Quebec]]), Chinatown is often referred to as '''''le quartier chinois''''' (''the Chinese Neighbourhood''; plural: ''les quartiers chinois''). The most prominent Francophone Chinatowns are located in [[Chinatown, Paris|Paris]] and [[Chinatown, Montreal|Montreal]].

The Vietnamese term for Chinatown is ''Khu người Hoa'' (Chinese district) or ''phố Tàu'' (Chinese street). Vietnamese language is prevalent in Chinatowns of Paris, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Montreal as ethnic Chinese from Vietnam have set up shop in them.

In Japanese, the term "chūkagai" (中華街, literally "Chinese Street") is the translation used for [[Yokohama Chinatown|Yokohama]] and [[Nagasaki Chinatown]].

In [[Indonesia]], chinatown is known as '''''Pecinan''''', a shortened term of ''pe-cina-an'', means everything related to the Chinese people. Most of these pecinans usually located in [[Java]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQifRGYy55sC&q=Pecinan+Chinatown&pg=PA109|title=Cleavage, Connection and Conflict in Rural, Urban and Contemporary Asia|last1=Bunnell|first1=Tim|last2=Parthasarathy|first2=D.|last3=Thompson|first3=Eric C.|date=2012-12-11|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789400754829|language=en|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=February 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212165100/https://books.google.com/books?id=oQifRGYy55sC&q=Pecinan+Chinatown&pg=PA109#v=snippet&q=Pecinan%20Chinatown&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some languages have adopted the English-language term, such as [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[German language|German]].