Laohekou

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 老河口 (Lǎohékǒu).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: louʹhǔʹkōʹ[1]

Proper noun

Laohekou

  1. A county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
    • [1903 March, Miss Black, “The Work at Lao-ho-k'eo.”, in China's Millions‎[2], volume XI, number 3, China Inland Mission, →OCLC, page 34, column 2:
      In 1897 Ku-ch'eng Hsien, a city lying some fourteen miles below Lao-ho-k'eo, was opened as an out-station, and an evangelist sent down for permanent work.]
    • 2018 April 3, Emily Feng, “Chinese developers seek piece of booming education market”, in Financial Times‎[3], archived from the original on 02 November 2021, Education‎[4]:
      A middle school under construction on the outskirts of Laohekou, Hubei Province, China

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kwanghwa or Kuang-hua”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 997, column 3

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