Hepu
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English
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 合浦 (Hépǔ).
Proper noun
Hepu
- A county of Beihai, Guangxi, China.
- 2000 August 1, Clay Chandler, “A Golden Goose in Red China? Entrepreneur Bets Millions That Foie Gras Will Fatten Export Figures”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 28, 2017:
- Here in Hepu County, an impoverished agricultural district just north of China's border with Vietnam, Chan and his business partners are hatching plans for a mammoth food processing operation they promise will be the world's largest producer of foie gras. […]
Hepu farmers say they can raise a single goose for less than 40 yuan--about $5. That's a fraction of what competitors in France must spend.
Synonyms
- Hoppo (Postal Romanization, from Cantonese)
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hepu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1269, column 1