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Xihu

Syllables: Xi·hu

Xihu proper noun: a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Proper noun (1)

Xihu

  1. A district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
  2. A district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
  3. A rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.

Proper noun (2)

Xihu

  1. A district of Benxi, Liaoning, China.
    • For the small factories, the cleanup of Benxi caused economic hardship including closure or production restrictions. The Xihu District EPB director, Mrs. Gao, talked about their predicament:[…]2006, Liu Yu, Pan Wei, Shen Mingming, Song Guojun, Vivian Bertrand, Mary Child, Judith Shapiro, “The Politics and Ethics of Going Green in China: Air Pollution Control in Benxi City and Wetland...
  2. An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.

Forms of Xihu

alternative formHsihu
alternative formSihu

Origin of Xihu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溪湖 (Xīhú).

Questions about Xihu

What does Xihu mean?
Xihu means a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
What part of speech is Xihu?
Xihu is a proper noun.

Words near Xihu in the dictionary

  1. Xigong
  2. Xigu
  3. xigua
  4. xiguas
  5. Xihe
  6. Xihu
  7. Xihua
  8. Xihuila
  9. XIIIth
  10. Xiism
  11. XIIth

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