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Hwangchow

Hwangchow is the obsolete form of Huangzhou.

Meaning of Huangzhou

Proper noun

Huangzhou

  1. A district of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
    • Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci.[1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of...

Origin of Hwangchow

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 黃州 (Huángzhōu).

Questions about Hwangchow

What is Hwangchow the obsolete form of?
Hwangchow is the obsolete form of Huangzhou.

Words near Hwangchow in the dictionary

  1. Hwamyeong
  2. hwan
  3. Hwang
  4. Hwang Ho
  5. Hwang-Ho
  6. Hwangchow
  7. Hwange
  8. Hwanghae
  9. Hwangju
  10. Hwangnam bread
  11. Hwangnam breads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hwangchow (page history and authors); Huangzhou (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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