Etymology

Whangpoo

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Shanghainese 黃浦
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The story

  1. Shanghainese · borrowed from黃浦
  2. English todayWhangpoo

Anglicization of Shanghainese 黃浦 (hhuaan phu).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.