Haiphong

[ hahy-fong ]

noun

1. a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.

Haiphong

/ ˈhaɪˈfɒŋ /

noun

1. a port in N Vietnam, on the Red River delta: a major industrial centre. Pop: 1 817 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

In addition to Bangkok and the Thai beach resort of Pattaya, I went to Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Na Trang, and Haiphong.

From The Daily Beast

Haiphong is an attractive town of some twenty thousand inhabitants, of whom perhaps one thousand are Europeans.

From Project Gutenberg

The working dress of Haiphong was full, long, square-cut trousers over which fell a sort of prolonged shirt slashed to the waist.

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There is one through train daily each way between Haiphong and Yunnan-fu.

From Project Gutenberg

On our way to Haiphong the vessel stopped at the island of Hainan and anchored about three miles off the town of Hoi-hau.

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I suppose they have given him about fifteen pounds in Haiphong for that little lot.

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