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Hang·chow

(hăng′chou′, häng′jō′)

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Hangchow

(Placename) a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Hangzhou

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Hang•zhou

or Hang•chow

(ˈhɑŋˈdʒoʊ)

n.

the capital of Zhejiang province, in E China, on Hangzhou Bay. 1,340,000.

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Hangchow - a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world

Hangzhou

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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Odoric himself reports that his estimate of the enormous size of the city of Cansay (today's Hangchou) was shared by the many people who had also been there, and with whom he spoke in Venice after his return.