Hongkou
Syllables: Hong·kou
Hongkou proper noun: a creek in Shanghai, China.
Proper noun
Hongkou
- A creek in Shanghai, China.
- A district of Shanghai, China.
- There were also public mess halls in Shanghai, but they were mostly managed by the people. Under the disguise of "cultural revolution", some inhabitants' service establishments appeared in the districts around Chu's Family Bay. With the help of the old street inhabitants' committee, the one...[1962, Shih Ch'eng-chih, “Types of Experimental Urban Communes”, in Urban Commune Experiments Communist China, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, published 1974, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54
- On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.2013 May 7, “Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense”, in AP News, archived from the original on 25 May 2022
Synonyms of Hongkou
Forms of Hongkou
| alternative form | Hung-k'ou |
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Origin of Hongkou
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 虹口 (Hóngkǒu, literally “Rainbow Mouth”), a variation of earlier 洪口 (Hóngkǒu, literally “Flood Mouth”).
Questions about Hongkou
- What does Hongkou mean?
- Hongkou means a creek in Shanghai, China.
- What part of speech is Hongkou?
- Hongkou is a proper noun.
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