Hepu

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin[1] 合浦 (Hépǔ).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hŭʹpo͞oʹ[1]

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Hepu

  1. A county of Beihai, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
    • 2000 August 1, Clay Chandler, “A Golden Goose in Red China? Entrepreneur Bets Millions That Foie Gras Will Fatten Export Figures”, in The Washington Post[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 August 2017[3]:
      Here in Hepu County, an impoverished agricultural district just north of China's border with Vietnam, Chan and his business partners are hatching plans for a mammoth food processing operation they promise will be the world's largest producer of foie gras. []
      Hepu farmers say they can raise a single goose for less than 40 yuan--about $5. That's a fraction of what competitors in France must spend.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Hoppo”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 801, column 1:Mandarin Ho-p’u (hŭʹpo͞oʹ)

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