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

But in spite of scorched earth and burned buildings, the Japanese have seized the cities and important railroads of North China, and have pushed their lines up the Yangtze valley to Hankow.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Chungking, centre of the new industrial area, 140 factories � a third from Hankow, the majority from Shanghai �have been set up.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Central China are the rich Wuhan Cities�Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang�of which Hankow is famed as "China's Chicago."

From Time Magazine Archive

When we approached Hankow, she went on deck and stretched out on a long chair.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

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