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Chengchow

British  
/ ˈtʃɛŋˈtʃaʊ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Zhengzhou

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In Chengchow, a rail junction for east-west and north-south traffic in Honan, two Shanghai cotton brokers reported "all was quiet."

From Time Magazine Archive

On the main battle front at Chengchow, 300 miles on a direct rail line north of Hankow, the Japanese forces last week made only small gains.

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When we left Chengchow we had a fairly good idea of what had happened in Honan.

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More bad news came from the "Chengchow cross," where the east-west Lunghai railroad intersects the rail line running south from Peiping to Hankow.

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To the south, Nationalist troops withdrew from Chengchow, railway center of Honan Province, and from Kaifeng, the provincial capital.

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