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Hepu

Syllables: He·pu

Hepu proper noun: a county of Beihai, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Hepu

  1. A county of Beihai, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
    • Here in Hepu County, an impoverished agricultural district just north of China's border with Vietnam, Chan and his business partners are hatching plans for a mammoth food processing operation they promise will be the world's largest producer of foie gras.[…]
    • Hepu farmers say they can raise a single goose for less than 40 yuan--about $5. That's a fraction of what competitors in France must spend.2000 August 1, Clay Chandler, “A Golden Goose in Red China? Entrepreneur Bets Millions That Foie Gras Will Fatten Export Figures”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
    Synonyms:
    Hoppo

Synonyms of Hepu

Forms of Hepu

alternative formHo-p'u

Origin of Hepu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 合浦 (Hépǔ).

Questions about Hepu

What does Hepu mean?
Hepu means a county of Beihai, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Hepu?
Hepu is a proper noun.

Words near Hepu in the dictionary

  1. heptyls
  2. heptyne
  3. heptynes
  4. heptynoic acid
  5. heptynoic acids
  6. Hepu
  7. Hepworth
  8. Hepworths
  9. Hepzibah
  10. hepzidine
  11. heqat

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