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Hwangchow
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Etymology
From the en zh-postal -en 1915 March Index to the New Map of China (In English and Chinese). https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/ Second Shanghai Far Eastern Geographical Establishment 829435521 22 https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/page/22/ The romanisation adopted isthat used by the Chinese Post Office.Hwangchow zh 黃州 Hupeh zh 湖北 30.25N 114.55E of en cmn 黃州//.
Proper noun
en Huangzhou.
en https://archive.org/details/anothermilestone00brit/ 1929 Another Milestone w:British and Foreign Bible Society 67 https://archive.org/details/anothermilestone00brit/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.
en 1937 Hollington K. Tong Chiang Kai-shek: Soldier And Statesman https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.11093/E13231_Chiang_Kai_Shek_Soldier_and_States_Man/ https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.179658/ 1 London w:Hurst & Blackett 1151219884 262 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.179658/page/n312/ 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.
en https://archive.org/details/civilizations0000fern_d8n4/ 2001 w:Felipe Fernández-Armesto Civilizations w:Pan Books 0 330 48798 1 409 https://archive.org/details/civilizations0000fern_d8n4/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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