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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 合川 (Héchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-chʻuan¹.[1]
Proper noun
Ho-ch'uan
- Alternative form of Hechuan
1971, Charles Price Ridley, Paul H. B. Godwin, Dennis J. Doolin, “Selections from Volume 6 of the Readers”, in The Making of a Model Citizen in Communist China, Stanford, Cali.: Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 299:The youths and children of Ho-ch’uan county held a memorial service for Liu Wen-hsüeh, at which they resolved to study Liu Wen-hsüeh’s noble qualities of love for the Party, love for Chairman Mao, and love for Socialism, and determined to be good children of Chairman Mao.
1974, Robert A. Kapp, “Chungking as a Center of Warlord Power, 1926-1937”, in Mark Elvin, G. William Skinner, editors, The Chinese City Between Two Worlds, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 150:The Min-sheng Company (Min-sheng shih-yeh kung-ssu) operation was above all the creation of Lu Tso-fu, a native of Ho-ch’uan county north of Chungking.
1994, Morris Rossabi, “The reign of Khubilai khan”, in Herbert Franke, Denis Twitchett, editors, The Cambridge History of China, volume 6, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 421:After taking Ch’eng-tu in March 1258, his expedition was bogged down vainly attempting to take the strongly defended city of Ho-chou (modern Ho-ch’uan county, Szechwan) throughout the last half of 1258 and the first seven months of 1259.
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