Hankow, a Chinese river-port, at the confluence of the Han and Yangtsze Rivers; it is properly an extension of the large towns Wu-chang and Han-yang; there is a considerable amount of shipping; tea is the principal article of export, and a large trade is carried on with the inland provinces.
Population (circa 1900) given as 750,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Hanif * Hanley