Wu-Han

Wu-Han is the alternative spelling of Wuhan.

Meaning of Wuhan

Wuhan

A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China.
- The Committee reports that in consequence of the combined effects of the war and famine added to flood an amount of destitution exists among the population in the Wuhan region which is without parallel in the memory of foreign residents. Now that the refugees are returning to Hankow there is a...1912 February, “Famine Notes”, in The Chinese Recorder, volume XLIII, number 2, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 95

Wu-han

(alternative) Alternative spelling of Wuhan.
- At the moment much industry of the Wu-han Cities is at a standstill.1948 March, W. Robert Moore, “Along the Yangtze, Main Street of China”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume XCIII, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 341
- My flight was going to Wu-han and Nan-ning and thence to Hanoi, which caused a certain interest; it is not every day that British passports go to North Vietnam. My immigration official was suitably inscrutable; he took the thing as no great drama (which it certainly was to me), rather did he appear...1965, James Cameron, Here is Your Enemy, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 16–17

Borrowed from Mandarin 武漢 /武汉 (Wǔ Hàn) Wade–Giles romanization Wu³-Han⁴.

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin 武漢 /武汉 (Wu³-han⁴).

What is Wu-Han the alternative spelling of?: Wu-Han is the alternative spelling of Wuhan.
What part of speech is Wu-Han?: Wu-Han is a proper noun.

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