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Dongxihu

Syllables: Dong·xi·hu/ˌdʊŋʃiːˈhuː/

Dongxihu proper noun: a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, formerly a farm.

Proper noun

Dongxihu

  1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, formerly a farm.
    • Picture showing a combine harvesting wheat at the 66-hectacre model wheat field of the Tung-hsi-hu Farm in Hupeh Province.[c. 1966, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINED BY CROP IMPROVEMENT IN CHINA, published 2003, page 17?
    • Li told us that the prisoners had been executed in the Dongxihu district of Wuhan, forty minutes from the hospital.1996, Harry Wu, George Vecsey, Troublemaker: One Man's Crusade Against China's Cruelty, Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 175

Forms of Dongxihu

alternative formTunghsihu

Origin of Dongxihu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東西湖 /东西湖 (Dōngxīhú).

Words that rhyme with Dongxihu

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Questions about Dongxihu

What does Dongxihu mean?
Dongxihu means a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, formerly a farm.
What part of speech is Dongxihu?
Dongxihu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dongxihu?
Dongxihu is pronounced /ˌdʊŋʃiːˈhuː/.

Words near Dongxihu in the dictionary

  1. Dongsonians
  2. Dongting
  3. Dongtou
  4. Dongxiang
  5. Dongxiangs
  6. Dongxihu
  7. Dongxing
  8. Dongyang
  9. Dongyi
  10. Dongyin
  11. Dongying

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