HANGZHOU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hangzhou mean? 

• HANGZHOU (noun)
  The noun HANGZHOU has 1 sense:

1. a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world

  Familiarity information: HANGZHOU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANGZHOU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Hangchow; Hangzhou

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Domain region:

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

Holonyms ("Hangzhou" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

 Context examples 

The author of the study, Yingjun Li, from Hangzhou Medical College School of Public Health in China, said: Laboratory studies have demonstrated that triclosan may have potential to adversely affect the bone mineral density in cell lines or in animals.

(Common Ingredient in Toothpaste Puts Women at Risk of Bone Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)