Hankou

Han·kou
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proper noun

A former city and treaty port; since 1949 an area in the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China, split among the districts of Jiang'an, Jianghan and Qiaokou.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hankow · alternative Han-k'ou · alternative Hankhow

  1. A former city and treaty port; since 1949 an area in the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China, split among the districts of Jiang'an, Jianghan and Qiaokou.

    Marcia Aldrich Thompson was born on Oct. 2, 1923, in the Central Chinese city of Hankou (now part of Wuhan) where her father, Newell, was an executive with the Standard Oil Company of New York.

    2018 April 10, Sam Roberts, “Marcia Thompson, Prudent Promoter of the Arts, Dies at 94”, in The New York Times (Obituaries section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2018
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    Authorities in Wuhan, the epicenter of China's outbreak and location of the majority of its deaths, quickly identified the funeral business as a potential source of transmission. The local civil affairs bureau in late January ordered all funerals for confirmed COVID-19 victims to be handled at a single funeral home in the city's Hankou district.

    2020 March 19, Angelo Amante, Parisa Hafezi, Hayoung Choi, Elisa Anzolin, Emilio Parodi, David Stanway, Joan Faus, Padraic Halpin, Emma Farge, Kate Kelland, Dan Williams in Jerusalem, Andrew RC Marshall, “'There are no funerals:' Death in quarantine leaves nowhere to grieve”, in Sara Ledwith, Jason Szep, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 May 2024, World

Origin

  1. Mandarin漢口 /汉口“Mouth of the Han River”
  2. EnglishHankou

From the Mandarin 漢口 /汉口 (Hànkǒu, “Mouth of the Han River”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 漢口 /汉口
  • 漢口 /汉口 (hon³ hau²)Former city
Chinese Mandarin 漢口 /汉口
  • 漢口 /汉口 (Hànkǒu)Former city
Russian Ханько́у
  • Ханько́у (Xanʹkóu)Former city
Cite this entry
APA

Hankou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hankou

MLA

“Hankou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hankou. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hankou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hankou.

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