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Haiphong

noun
1.
A port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center.





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"Haiphong" Quotes from Famous Books



... main Canton to Hankow railway (under construction) a line (120 m. long) runs from Canton to Kowloon (opposite Hong-Kong), and there are local lines running inland from Swatow and Fuchow. The French completed in 1909 a trunk line (500 m. long) from Haiphong in Tong King to Yun-nan Fu, the capital of Yun-nan, some 200 m. being in Chinese territory. The French hold concessions for railways in Kwang-si and Kwang-tung. The British government has the right to extend the Burma railway system through Yun-nan ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 - "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" • Various


Words linked to "Haiphong" :   Vietnam, metropolis, city, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, port, urban center, Annam


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