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Definition of Haiphong
1. Noun. A port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center.
Group relationships: Annam, Socialist Republic Of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haiphong
Literary usage of Haiphong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. European Settlements in the Far East: China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China by D. Warres Smith (1900)
"Haiphong This is the shipping port for Hanoi, Hai-duong, ... The town of Haiphong
is about sixteen and a half miles from the lighthouse. ..."
2. Around Tonkin and Siam by Henri d' Orléans, prince d' Henri Philippe Marie Orléans (1894)
"CHAPTER II Arrival in Tonkin—Haiphong, the question of a Trade Port, the
Custom-duties—A Visit to the Hong-Hay Coalfields—Kebao. ..."
3. France and Tongking: A Narrative of the Campaign of 1884 and the Occupation by James George Scott (1885)
"Haiphong. THE trim, white houses of the French Concession give Haiphong quite a
pretty appearance as one steams up the fourteen miles or so of river which ..."
4. France and Tongking: A Narrative of the Campaign of 1884 and the Occupation by James George Scott (1885)
"Haiphong. trim, white houses of the French Concession give _I_ Haiphong quite a
pretty appearance as one steams up the fourteen miles or so of river which ..."
5. Asia: With Ethnological Appendix by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"These are questions which cannot yet be answered. 8. Topography:
Mandalay—Bhamo—Bangkok—Ayuthia —Luang-Prabang—Hu6—Haiphong—Phnom- ..."
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