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HANGCHOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hangchow mean?
• HANGCHOW (noun)
The noun HANGCHOW has 1 sense:
1. a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world
Familiarity information: HANGCHOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Hangchow; Hangzhou
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Domain region:
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
Holonyms ("Hangchow" is a part of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
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