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Hequ

Syllables: He·qu

Hequ proper noun: a county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.

Proper noun

Hequ

  1. A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
    • A few months ago, however, hope came to the boys and girls of the region. The Provincial Government of Suiyan had sent word that all young people who could escape into Free China could go to school at government expense. Between Suiyan City and Hochu, where the refugee students were to gather, lay...[1945 October, Jeanette Eaton, “Escape”, in Story Parade, →OCLC, page 3, column 2
    • On leaving Shenchi, the way lay up a wide valley, on a good road. Then we took to the hills in Wuzhai (Wuchai) county, winding amongst mountain ridges, until we came to Hequ (Hochu) county, where there were more mountains, wild serrated loess country, but everywhere trees and then more trees.1979 January, Rewi Alley, “Yanbei and Xinxian Prefectures in 1978”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 1, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 1

Origin of Hequ

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河曲 (Héqū).

Questions about Hequ

What does Hequ mean?
Hequ means a county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
What part of speech is Hequ?
Hequ is a proper noun.

Words near Hequ in the dictionary

  1. Hepzibah
  2. hepzidine
  3. heqat
  4. Heqet
  5. Heqing
  6. Hequ
  7. her
  8. Her Britannic Majesty
  9. Her Excellency
  10. Her Highness
  11. Her Holiness

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