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Hechuan

Syllables: He·chuan

Hechuan proper noun: a district of Chongqing, China.

Proper noun

Hechuan

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.
    • "Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei."...[1941, Anor Lin, “Sung Dugout”, in Dawn Over Chungking, New York: John Day Company, →OCLC, page 87
    • On September 12, a man named Xiao Gang (pseudonym) was walking along BinjiangLu in Hechuan District, Chongqing when he was suddenly grabbed and forced into an abandoned home on the side of the road and sexually assaulted by Xiao Yong (pseudonym).2014 October 10, Yang Xin, “Outcry as Rapist Walks Free”, in Beijing Today, number 696, →OCLC, page 1

Forms of Hechuan

alternative formHo-ch'uan

Origin of Hechuan

From the Mandarin 合川 (Héchuān).

Questions about Hechuan

What does Hechuan mean?
Hechuan means a district of Chongqing, China.
What part of speech is Hechuan?
Hechuan is a proper noun.

Words near Hechuan in the dictionary

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  8. heck board
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  10. heck box
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