Hwangchow
English
Proper noun
Hwangchow
- Obsolete form of Huangzhou.
- 1929, Another Milestone, British and Foreign Bible Society, page 67:
- An excellent example of the Chinese colporteur's zeal and capacity is afforded by Hsi Fuh Ts'ing, who lives at Hwangchow in the province of Hupeh.
- 1937, Tong, Hollington K., Chiang Kai-shek: Soldier And Statesman, volume 1, London: Hurst & Blackett, OCLC 1151219884, page 262:
- He left Nanking for the front, and, on the first of April, the offensive was well under way. The advance was rapid. That same day Hwangchow, a Wuhan garrison town, was occupied by Government troops. Gunboats of the Nanking Navy had been concentrated in the Yangtze and had proceeded up-river until they were within ten miles of Hankow.
- 2001, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Civilizations, Pan Books, →ISBN, page 409:
- Fortunately, the governments' efforts to oblige traders to ensure accurate registration by going via Hwangchow were never successful, though repeatedly essayed in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries.
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