Hoihow

English 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 19 https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/page/19/ The romanisation adopted isthat used by the Chinese Post Office.Hoihow zh 海口 Hainan zh 海南 20.0 N 110.19E from en yue 海口. Pronunciation hoi′hou′Hoihow 793 1 Hoihow (hoiʹhouʹ), Mandarin Hai-k’ou (hīʹkōʹ),Hai-k’ou or Hoi·how 302 2 Proper noun en Haikou: the Cantonese-derived name. en https://archive.org/details/europeinchina0000unse/mode/2up 1895 Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882 E. J. Eitel Luzac & Company London 242 Junks from Pakhoi, Hoihow and Tinpak, in the south-west, commenced in 1846 a prosperous trade with Hongkong. en 1925 w:Harry A. Franck Roving Through Southern China https://archive.org/details/rovingthroughsou00fran/ w:The Century Company 1036948 321 to 322 https://archive.org/details/rovingthroughsou00fran/page/n391/mode But the rolling had become chronic. We rolled all day and we rolled all night, we rolled all next morning and most of the afternoon, for though we should easily have been in what passes for the harbor of Hoihow early that second day we—well, it was foggy, to be sure, and Hainan Straits are among the most dangerous in the world. en 1953 Gretta Palmer God's Underground in Asia https://archive.org/details/godsundergroundi0000palm/ New York Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 52-13762 1432606 6115531M 205 https://archive.org/details/godsundergroundi0000palm/page/204/mode By late August, over twenty-five Catholic orphanages had been attacked, and the nation-wide campaign was in full swing. Four institutions were denounced in that month alone, including those at Hoihow, Hainan Island, at Kwangchowan, Kwangtung, at Wenchow and Hangchow, Chekiang. en https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000shab/mode/2up 1956 China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic Theodore Shabad Frederick A. Praeger New York 168 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/page/168/mode The main city of Hainan is Hoihow, situated on the northern coast of the island opposite the Luichow Peninsula. A shallow-water port, with a population of about 50,000, Hoihow has replaced the formerly island center of Kiungchow or Kiungshan, just south of the port. en 1972 w:Seymour Topping Departure Journey Between Two Chinas https://archive.org/details/lccn_060903279/ w:Harper & Row 006-090327-9 906398512 101 https://archive.org/details/lccn_060903279/page/101/ In Hoihow, the provincial capital, I stayed in the French Catholic Mission. Shortly after my arrival, the French Bishop Dominique Desperben led me to the flat roof of the mission. We looked over Hoihow, a dirty sprawling city of 250,000 people, many of them living in old two-story buildings made of mud and white plaster, across the narrow Hainan Strait to the Liuchow Peninsula on the mainland. References Further reading en 1998 Haikou Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1214 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1214/ 2 Sometimes appears as Hoihow.