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Laohekou

Syllables: Lao·he·kou

Laohekou proper noun: a county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Proper noun

Laohekou

  1. A county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
    • In 1897 Ku-ch'eng Hsien, a city lying some fourteen miles below Lao-ho-k'eo, was opened as an out-station, and an evangelist sent down for permanent work.[1903 March, Miss Black, “The Work at Lao-ho-k'eo.”, in China's Millions, volume XI, number 3, China Inland Mission, →OCLC, page 34, column 2
    • A middle school under construction on the outskirts of Laohekou, Hubei Province, China2018 April 3, Emily Feng, “Chinese developers seek piece of booming education market”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2021, Education

Forms of Laohekou

alternative formLaohokow
alternative formLao-ho-k'ou

Origin of Laohekou

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 老河口 (Lǎohékǒu).

Questions about Laohekou

What does Laohekou mean?
Laohekou means a county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Laohekou?
Laohekou is a proper noun.

Words near Laohekou in the dictionary

  1. Laodiceanism
  2. Laodiceans
  3. Laodicena
  4. Laodicene
  5. laogai
  6. Laohekou
  7. Laohokow
  8. Laoighis
  9. Laois
  10. laojiao
  11. Laokoon

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