hang-chau

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

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"The pictures that have been introduced were taken from a superb edition of a History of Buddha, republished recently at Hang-châu in Cheh-kiang, and profusely illustrated in the best style of Chinese art."
"From amongst the native Christians two or three men were found as helpers for the recently arrived party, who hoped to make their way inland at once, in the direction of Hang-chau."
"Now Hu-chau is forty-three miles, and Ka-shing sixty-three miles from Hang-chau (Kinsay)."

From an irregular romanization of Mandarin Chinese 杭州 (Hángzhōu, literally “capital of Hang”).

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