Haikou

• Hai-k'ou (Wade–Giles)
• Hoihow (Postal Romanization)

From Mandarin 海口 (Hǎikǒu).

• enPR: hīʹkōʹ

Haikou

1. The capital and most populous city of Hainan province, China; located on the north side of Hainan island.
   • 1993 March 25, Sheryl WuDunn, “Haikou Journal; For Treasure (and Pleasure), Their Special Island”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, World‎:

     Hainan Island, of which Haikou is the capital, is a tropical province that China has proclaimed its newest and largest special economic zone. Partly because it is separated from the Chinese mainland by a 13-mile strip of water, the authorities give it special dispensation to stray from economic and social orthodoxy.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Haikou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1214, column 1