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Ho-p'u

Ho-p'u is the alternative form of Hepu.

Meaning of Hepu

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

Origin of Ho-p'u

From Mandarin 合浦 (Hépǔ), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-pʻu³.

Questions about Ho-p'u

What is Ho-p'u the alternative form of?
Ho-p'u is the alternative form of Hepu.

Words near Ho-p'u in the dictionary

  1. Ho-Ho-Kus
  2. Ho-hsi Corridor
  3. ho-hum
  4. Ho-Kaufman-McAlister syndrome
  5. Ho-nan
  6. Ho-p'u
  7. Ho-pei
  8. Ho-pi
  9. Ho-t'ien
  10. hoa
  11. HOA's

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ho-p'u (page history and authors); Hepu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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