Haikou
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See also: Hai-k'ou
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- enPR: hīʹkōʹ
Proper noun
Haikou
- The capital and most populous city of Hainan province, China; located on the north side of Hainan island.
- 1993 March 25, Sheryl WuDunn, “Haikou Journal; For Treasure (and Pleasure), Their Special Island”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, World:
- Hainan Island, of which Haikou is the capital, is a tropical province that China has proclaimed its newest and largest special economic zone. Partly because it is separated from the Chinese mainland by a 13-mile strip of water, the authorities give it special dispensation to stray from economic and social orthodoxy.
Translations
a city in China
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Haikou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1214, column 1