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Xihu en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • shēʹho͞oʹ

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).

Meanings

  1. A district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
  2. A district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
  3. A rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.

Forms

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Hsihu alternative lexicographic
Sihu alternative lexicographic

Translations (3)

cmn 西湖 (rural township) · nan-hbl 西湖 (rural township) · yue 西湖 (rural township)

Xihu en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • shēʹho͞oʹ

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溪湖 (Xīhú).

Meanings

  1. A district of Benxi, Liaoning, China.
    • For the small factories, the cleanup of Benxi caused economic hardship including closure or production restrictions. The Xihu District EPB director, Mrs. Gao, talked about their predicament:[…] 2006, Liu Yu, Pan Wei, Shen Mingming, Song Guojun, Vivian Bertrand, Mary Child, Judith Shapiro, “The Politics and Ethics of Going Green in China: Air Pollution Control in Benxi City and Wetland Preservation in the Sanjiang Plain”, in Joanne Bauer, editor, Forging Environmentalism: Justice, Livelihood, and Contested Environments, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 51:
  2. An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.

Translations (3)

nan-hbl 溪湖 (district) · yue 溪湖 (district) · cmn 溪湖 (district)