Hangzhou

[ hahng-joh ]

nounPinyin.
  1. a seaport in and the capital of Zhejiang province, in eastern China, on Hangzhou Bay.

  • Also (Older Spelling) Hang·chow [hang-chou; Chinese hahng-joh] /ˈhæŋˈtʃaʊ; Chinese ˈhɑŋˈdʒoʊ/ .

Words Nearby Hangzhou

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Hangzhou in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for Hangzhou

Hangzhou

Hangchow

/ (ˈhæŋˈdʒəʊ) /


noun
  1. a port in E China, capital of Zhejiang province, on Hangzhou Bay (an inlet of the East China Sea), at the foot of the Eye of Heaven Mountains: regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world; seat of two universities (1927, 1959). Pop: 1 955 000 (2005 est)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012