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Definition of Hangchow
1. Noun. A city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
Geographical relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hangchow
Literary usage of Hangchow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yangtze Valley and Beyond: An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in by Isabella Lucy Bird (1899)
"Hangchow* A JOURNEY of 150 miles to visit friends in the ancient city J~\ of
Hangchow required no other preparations than the hire of a boat and the ..."
2. Eighteen Capitals of China by William Edgar Geil (1911)
"They shelter opposite the walls of a great city on the northwest bank, and by
three o'clock the sailors of Hangchow can take advantage of a swift ebbtide. ..."
3. The Travelers' Handbook for China by Carl Crow (1913)
"Reference for further reading: "Hangchow the City Heaven", by Frederick D. Cloud.
The Grand Canal.—Like the Great Wall of China, the Grand Canal remains as ..."
4. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"... Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Loan." ARTICLE 2.—The loan is designed to provide
capital for the construction of a railway line (hereinafter called " the ..."
5. The Far East (1906)
"The run to our destination was accomplished in good time, the Custom House at
Hangchow being reached soon after 3 pm on Sunday, with little to mark the ..."
6. A Sunday School Tour of the Orient by Frank Llewellyn Brown, World's Sunday School Association (1914)
"And an interesting city is Hangchow. There is here a Chinese population of 750000.
... Marco Polo in his travels found Hangchow and described it as ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... and Hangchow and elsewhere. On the other hand, altto'^i they are described
usually as brocades, ..."
8. China's New Constitution and International Problems by Min-chʻien T. Z. Tyau (1918)
"The Hangchow Precedent In corrobo ration of the foregoing, the following case
may be cited. In 1896, an American firm endeavoured to open an insurance ..."
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