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Hangchow

British  

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Hangzhou

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I saw Chou again seven days later in Hangchow, one of the beauty spots of China.

From Time Magazine Archive

The most serious incident came a little more than a month ago, in the ancient garden city of Hangchow.

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Before departing for Hangchow, the President, it is thought, will repay his hosts with a banquet, also in the Great Hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

To train young Chinese aviators at the great aviation school at Hangchow, the Nationalist Government had borrowed Col.

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Chung Wang saw his chance, and while the Imperialists were rejoicing in Hangchow at its recovery, he hastened back by forced marches, and fell upon the besieging army.

From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Boulger, Demetrius Charles

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