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Hupeh

British  
/ ˈxuːˈpeɪ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Hubei

"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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No one in his native Hupeh province would have expected him to become a guerrilla leader 19 years after he was born in Twisting Dragon Hill, the son of a felt-factory owner.

From Time Magazine Archive

When it comes to boasting of their "agrarian reforms," Chinese Communists like to point to Hupeh province in South China, and to the farmers of Hsi Shui county in particular.

From Time Magazine Archive

A veteran of 15 years as a missionary in China, Father Negrini had been sent by his bishop to the U.S. to win friends and funds for the mission in Hupeh.

From Time Magazine Archive

Born in Hupeh province to a poor peasant family, Li received at best a patchwork education and in his teens was apprenticed to a carpenter.

From Time Magazine Archive

The viceroy of two of these, namely Hupeh and Hunan, has more subjects than any country in Europe, except Russia.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

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