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Hochwan

Hochwan is the alternative form of Hechuan.

Meaning of Hechuan

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

Questions about Hochwan

What is Hochwan the alternative form of?
Hochwan is the alternative form of Hechuan.

Words near Hochwan in the dictionary

  1. Hochsteins
  2. Hochstetler
  3. Hochstetlers
  4. Hochstetter's frog
  5. Hochul
  6. Hochwan
  7. hochwohlgeboren
  8. hoci-poci
  9. hocicudo
  10. Hocine
  11. Hocines

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