Huguang

See also: húguāng and Húguǎng

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 湖廣／湖广 (Húguǎng).

Proper noun

Huguang

1. (historical) A province of China.
   • [1671, Arnoldus Montanus, translated by John Ogilby, Atlas Chinensis‎^[1], London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 517:

     THis Province of Huquang, divided in the middle by the River Kiang, into a Northern and Southern part, is not inferior to the others in bigneſs ; for it begins in the South in twenty ſix Degrees and twenty Minutes Northern-Latitude, and ends in thirty four Degrees, a Tract of hundred thirty ſeven Leagues and a half ; its length extends to ſeven Degrees, a Tract of a hundred fifty five Leagues.]

Translations

historical province

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 湖廣／湖广 (wu⁴ gwong²)

  Mandarin: 湖廣／湖广 (zh) (Húguǎng)

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