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Honghu

Syllables: Hong·huUS/hɔŋ.hu/

Honghu proper noun: a county-level city of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

Proper noun

Honghu

  1. A county-level city of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
    • At Honghu
    • At Honghu, it was a pleasure to meet the same county leader who came around with me here in 1963.1981, Eastern Horizon, volume 20, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19
  2. Hong Lake, a lake in Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
    • The Honghu Lake, in central China's Hubei Province, has dried up in the drought.[…]
    • At Honghu Lake, fish spawning has been affected, said Zeng Xiaodong, leader of the Honghu marshland management office. “The drought has done considerable damage to the ecological environment of Honghu Lake,” he said.2011 June 2, Edward Wong, “Three Gorges Dam Is Said to Hurt Areas Downstream”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2011, Asia Pacific

Forms of Honghu

alternative formHung-hu

Origin of Honghu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 洪湖 (Hónghú).

Words that rhyme with Honghu

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Questions about Honghu

What does Honghu mean?
Honghu means a county-level city of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Honghu?
Honghu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Honghu?
Honghu is pronounced /hɔŋ.hu/ (US).

Words near Honghu in the dictionary

  1. Honghe
  2. honghelin
  3. hongheloside
  4. honghelosides
  5. honghelotrioside
  6. Honghu
  7. Honghuayuanian
  8. Honghuzi
  9. hongi
  10. hongied
  11. hongiing

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