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Hangchow

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noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Hangzhou

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He will then fly aboard a Chinese aircraft to Hangchow for a day's sightseeing before departing on February 27 from Shanghai for Alaska and Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

I saw Chou again seven days later in Hangchow, one of the beauty spots of China.

From Time Magazine Archive

To train young Chinese aviators at the great aviation school at Hangchow, the Nationalist Government had borrowed Col.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before departing for Hangchow, the President, it is thought, will repay his hosts with a banquet, also in the Great Hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suchow, the Paris of the Far East, is coupled with Hangchow in a popular rhyme, which represents the two as paragon cities: "Shang yu t'ien t'ang hia yu Su-Hang."

From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)