"Hanchung" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 漢中/汉中 (Hànzhōng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|漢中}} 漢中/汉中 (Hànzhōng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hanchung
  1. Alternative form of Hanzhong. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Hanzhong
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          "ref": "1901, Clive Bigham, A Year in China, 1899-1900, London: Macmillan and Co, Ltd., page 139:",
          "text": "From the town of Hanchung a track leads in a north-easterly direction over the Tsingling Mountains to Sianfu, but the regular route bears back slightly and goes N.N.W. along the Kansu border, until it eventually strikes the Wei Valley and enters Northern China.",
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          "text": "For his first job as Ocean Secretary, Hogg was sent 160 miles south of Baoji to a small co-operative in the village of Mien-hsien, near Hanchung.",
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