Hanchuan

• Hanchwan
• Han-ch'uan (Wade–Giles)

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 漢川／汉川 (Hànchuān).

• enPR: hänʹchwänʹ

Hanchuan

1. A county-level city in Xiaogan, Hubei, China.
   • 1913, Arthur R. Gray, Arthur M. Sherman, The Story of the Church in China‎, New York: Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, →OCLC, page 207:

     Hanchuan is a good example of an outstation in the China Mission. This town is in the central point of a large country district. Around it have gradually been opened preaching points in several villages. In Hanchuan a native clergyman resides, while in the more important neighboring village catechists are stationed.

   • 1974 January 20, “Chinese Girls Oppose Presents for Weddings”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 October 2023, page 8‎:

     The Chinese press has reported the creation of a girls’ association opposed to traditional Chinese marriage customs in Hupeh Province, thus indirectly pointing to the persistence of the old traditions in rural areas.
     A group of 114 unmarried girls from the Jenho Commune in the Hanchuan District of the province, in central China, joined the association, telling suitors they would reject engagement and marriage presents.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hangzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1228, column 1