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Hankow

British  
/ ˈhænˈkaʊ /

noun

  1. 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

"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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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

Japanese newsorgans, paced by the potent Tokyo Nichi Nichi and Osaka Mainichi, last week made ready to cover the long-awaited fall of Hankow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our fundamental policy is unchanged and we will not be intimidated by the threats to Hankow and Canton.

From Time Magazine Archive

We went into the living room where my mother stretched out on the sofa and my father began talking about what had been going on in Hankow.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

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