Hankow
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Broiling sun beat down on Hankow, China last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
So now a factory in Hankow is making a drug brewed from this widely grown herb.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the fall last autumn of Hankow and Canton, the two ends of Chiang Kai-shek's railway supply line, the Chinese lost the route by which they were accustomed to receive munitions from British Hong Kong.
From Time Magazine Archive
She sounded as if she were afraid to raise her voice for fear the color would fade into Hankow gray.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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