Whangpoo
Whangpoo is the dated form of Huangpu.
Meaning of Huangpu
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
- 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.
Origin of Whangpoo
Anglicization of Shanghainese 黃浦 (hhuaan phu).
Questions about Whangpoo
- What is Whangpoo the dated form of?
- Whangpoo is the dated form of Huangpu.
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