Hankow

British

/ ˈhænˈkaʊ /

noun

a former city in SE China, in SE Hubei at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers: one of the Han Cities; merged with Hanyang and Wuchang in 1950 to form the conurbation of Wuhan

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Samuel Pailthorpe King was born on April 13, 1916, in Hankow, China, the son of a commander of a United States Navy gunboat on the Yangtze River.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2010

Moreover, Mr. Bingham has visited and talked with all the principal Chinese leaders at the three chief seats of Chinese government: Peking, Nanking, Hankow.

From Time Magazine Archive

So now a factory in Hankow is making a drug brewed from this widely grown herb.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was not subsequently confirmed, but within an hour after the announcement the previously silent streets of Hankow became a bedlam of exploding firecrackers amid which Chinese newsboys hopped about selling Independence Day "Victory Extras."

From Time Magazine Archive

“All women and children have to leave Hankow today. You have about three hours to pack and get ready.”

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

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