Huangpu
Syllables: Huang·pu
Huangpu proper noun: a tributary of the Yangtze in Shanghai Municipality in China.
Proper noun (1)
Huangpu
- A tributary of the Yangtze in Shanghai Municipality in China.
- Shang-hai, situated 31°14'7" lat. N. and 121029' long. E., stretches nearly 10 miles along the l. bank of the Huang-p’u, on the opposite bank of which stands the suburb of P’u-tung.[1912, “Chiang-su”, in Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea, Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 293
- In 1864, Sir McDonald Stephenson, an eminent British engineer, arrived in China to impress the advantages of railways on China, but his scheme was pigeonholed. The next scheme was the Woosung Railway, from Shanghai on the Huangpu river to Woosung at its mouth, a distance of 12 miles.1915 October 1, Charles Davis Jameson, “The Status of Chinese Railways”, in Railway Age Gazette, volume 59, number 14, New York, page 602, column 1
- A district of Shanghai, China.
Proper noun (2)
Huangpu
- A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
- An explosion hit an oil refinery in Guangzhou, in the Guangdong province in South China early on Thursday, triggering a fire, the Hong Kong Free Press reported.
According to the report, the blast occurred in an industrial zone in Huangpu district and no casualties have been reported.2015 December 23, Apeksha Nair, “Explosion hits Guangzhou oil refinery - media”, in Sandra Maler, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, World News
- An explosion hit an oil refinery in Guangzhou, in the Guangdong province in South China early on Thursday, triggering a fire, the Hong Kong Free Press reported.
Forms of Huangpu
| alternative form | Whampoa |
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| alternative form (dated) | Whangpoo |
Origin of Huangpu
The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黃浦 /黄浦 (Huángpǔ, literally “Yellow Bank”), a clipping of 黃歇浦 /黄歇浦 (Huáng Xiē pǔ, literally “Huang Xie Bank”), named in honor of Lord Chunshen, a statesman of the Kingdom of Chu during the Warring States Era closely associated with Songjiang and Shanghai.
The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黃埔 /黄埔 (Huángpǔ).
Questions about Huangpu
- What does Huangpu mean?
- Huangpu means a tributary of the Yangtze in Shanghai Municipality in China.
- What part of speech is Huangpu?
- Huangpu is a proper noun.
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