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Hang-chau
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English
Etymology
From an irregular romanization of en cmn - Chinese cmn 杭州 Hángzhōu capital of Hang.
Proper noun
en obsolete en Hangzhou.
en 1886 June w:James Legge Preface A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms https://archive.org/details/recordofbuddhist0000faxi_c1a5/ Oxford xi https://archive.org/details/recordofbuddhist0000faxi_c1a5/page/n12/ The pictures that have been introduced were taken from a superb edition of a History of Buddha, republished recently at Hang-châu in Cheh-kiang, and profusely illustrated in the best style of Chinese art. on
en https://archive.org/details/storychinainlan04taylgoog/ 1893 Geraldine Taylor M. Geraldine Guinness The Story of the China Inland Mission 1 London Morgan and Scott 287 https://archive.org/details/storychinainlan04taylgoog/page/n315/ From amongst the native Christians two or three men were found as helpers for the recently arrived party, who hoped to make their way inland at once, in the direction of Hang-chau.
en 1937 John Frampton The Travels of Marco Polo https://archive.org/details/mostnoblefamoust00polo/ 2nd London w:Adam and Charles Black liv https://archive.org/details/mostnoblefamoust00polo/page/n75/ Now Hu-chau is forty-three miles, and Ka-shing sixty-three miles from Hang-chau (Kinsay).
Anagrams
en aacghhnu Chang-hua Changhua