Hankow
Hankow is the alternative form of Hankou.
Meaning of Hankou
Proper noun
Hankou
- A former city and treaty port; since 1949 an area in the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China, split among the districts of Jiang'an, Jianghan and Qiaokou.
- Marcia Aldrich Thompson was born on Oct. 2, 1923, in the Central Chinese city of Hankou (now part of Wuhan) where her father, Newell, was an executive with the Standard Oil Company of New York.2018 April 10, Sam Roberts, “Marcia Thompson, Prudent Promoter of the Arts, Dies at 94”, in The New York Times (Obituaries section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
Origin of Hankow
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 漢口 /汉口 (Hànkǒu).
Questions about Hankow
- What is Hankow the alternative form of?
- Hankow is the alternative form of Hankou.
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