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Wu-chang en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Wuchang.
   alt of Wuchang
   • A stream called the Han River separates Hankow from Hanyang, and these two towns, together with Wu-chang across the Yangtse, are known as the Wu-Han cities. The steel mills, which are often referred to as the "Hankow mills," are at Hanyang. 1926, Lucian Swift Kirtland, Finding the Worth While in the Orient, New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, page 192:
   • I am sure that if we will but wait, the Lord will provide. . . . We go shortly, that is, Mr. Judd and myself, to see if we can procure headquarters at Wu-chang from which to open up Western China, as the Lord may enable us. 1921, Frederick Howard Taylor, Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission, →OCLC, page 256:
   • After preaching on the street, and learning from the Custom House officers particulars of the troubles, we engaged a small boat to take us to Sha-shih, and thence hired another to Wu-chang. 1877, C. H. Judd, “Journeyings in Hu-nan, Kwei-chau, and Si-chuen”, in China's Millions, London: Morgan and Scott, page 130: