Wu-hu
See also: wūhū, Wuhu, Wúhú, and Wǔhú
English
Map including WU-HU 蕪湖 (AMS, 1952) →OCLC
Etymology
From Mandarin 蕪湖／芜湖 (Wúhú), Wade–Giles romanization: Wu²-hu².[1]
Pronunciation
- enPR: wo͞oʹho͞oʹ
Proper noun
Wu-hu
- Alternative form of Wuhu
- 1865, John Francis Davis, Chinese Miscellanies: A Collection of Essays and Notes, London: John Murray, OCLC 4802347, pages 178-179:
- On the 30th October the strength of the stream and the want of wind obliged us to stop at Wu-hu, a very considerable town about ten miles above the "Pillar Hocks," and dependent upon Taeping....Quitting Wu-hu on the 31st October, we started with a north-west wind,
- 1939, Virginia Holton, The Beeps, New York: John Day Company, OCLC 2892468, page 133:
- As my husband's ship stopped for a day or two at Kiu-kiang, Anking, and Wu-hu, enroute to Nanking, I arrived three days before his ship anchored off the bund.
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Translations
Wuhu — see Wuhu
References
- Wuhu, Wade-Giles romanization Wu-hu, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- “Wu-hu” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.