Haikou

Haikou

See also: Hai-k'ou

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Hai-k'ou

Etymology

From Mandarin 海口 (Hǎikǒu).

Proper noun

Haikou

1. The capital and most populous city of Hainan province, China; located on the north side of Hainan island.

Synonyms

• (postal romanization, from Cantonese) Hoihow

Translations

a city in China

Arabic: هَايْكُو‎ m (hāykū), خَايْكُو‎ m (ḵāykū) Chinese: Cantonese: 海口 (hoi2 hau2) Mandarin: 海口 (zh) (Hǎikǒu) Finnish: Haikou Hungarian: Hajkou Japanese: 海口 (ja) (かいこう, Kaikō) Korean: 하이커우 (Haikeou), 해구 (Haegu) Macedonian: Ха́јкоу n (Hájkou) Russian: Хайко́у (ru) m (Xajkóu) Vietnamese: Hải Khẩu Zhuang: Haijgouj

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Haikou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 98-071262, OCLC 164337564, page 1214, column 1