"Huangpu" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 黃浦/黄浦 (Huángpǔ, literally “Yellow Bank”), a clipping of 黃歇浦/黄歇浦 (Huáng Xiē pǔ, literally “Huang Xie Bank”), named in honor of Lord Chunshen, a statesman of the Kingdom of Chu during the Warring States Era closely associated with Songjiang and Shanghai. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{der|en|zh|黃浦|lit=Yellow Bank|tr=Huángpǔ}} Chinese 黃浦/黄浦 (Huángpǔ, literally “Yellow Bank”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Huangpu
  1. A tributary of the Yangtze in Shanghai Municipality in China. Categories (place): Rivers in China
    Sense id: en-Huangpu-en-name-3tDeeFa8 Disambiguation of Rivers in China: 35 39 26
  2. A district of Shanghai, China. Categories (place): Rivers in China, Shanghai Translations (river; district): 黃浦 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄浦 (Huángpǔ) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Huangpu-en-name-odgQWy7T Disambiguation of Rivers in China: 35 39 26 Disambiguation of Shanghai: 35 46 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 43 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 67 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 68 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'river; district': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whangpoo [dated], Whampoa Related terms: Pudong, Puxi, Yangjingbang
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 黃埔/黄埔 (Huángpǔ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{der|en|zh|黃埔|tr=Huángpǔ}} Chinese 黃埔/黄埔 (Huángpǔ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Huangpu
  1. A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Guangdong, Places in Guangzhou, Rivers in China
    Sense id: en-Huangpu-en-name-M-VC1JQi Disambiguation of Rivers in China: 35 39 26 Categories (other): Neighborhoods in Guangdong
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whangpoo [dated], Whampoa
Etymology number: 2

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