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

Only cool weather prevented a full-scale epidemic in Hankow.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Navy helped out by keeping Hankow in touch with Shanghai: Chinese telegraph lines were virtually useless.

From Time Magazine Archive

Following this promise, Minister Johnson has paid frequent visits to Nanking, Shanghai, Hankow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once the revolution began in earnest in Hankow, it was impossible to ignore it.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

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