Definition of Haiphong

1. Noun. A port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Haiphong

Haidinger's brushes
Haidée
Haietlik
Haifa
Haig
Haight
Haik
Haikou
Hail Mary
Hail Marys
Hailey
Hailey-Hailey disease
Hainan
Hainaut
Haiphong (current term)
Haiti
Haitian
Haitian Creole
Haitian Vodoun Culture Language
Haitian capital
Haitian centime
Haitian monetary unit
Haitians
Hakea
Hakea laurina
Hakea leucoptera
Haken
Hakenkreuz

Literary usage of Haiphong

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. European Settlements in the Far East: China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China by D. Warres Smith (1900)
"Haiphong This is the shipping port for Hanoi, Hai-duong, ... The town of Haiphong is about sixteen and a half miles from the lighthouse. ..."

2. Around Tonkin and Siam by Henri d' Orléans, prince d' Henri Philippe Marie Orléans (1894)
"CHAPTER II Arrival in Tonkin—Haiphong, the question of a Trade Port, the Custom-duties—A Visit to the Hong-Hay Coalfields—Kebao. ..."

3. France and Tongking: A Narrative of the Campaign of 1884 and the Occupation by James George Scott (1885)
"Haiphong. THE trim, white houses of the French Concession give Haiphong quite a pretty appearance as one steams up the fourteen miles or so of river which ..."

4. France and Tongking: A Narrative of the Campaign of 1884 and the Occupation by James George Scott (1885)
"Haiphong. trim, white houses of the French Concession give _I_ Haiphong quite a pretty appearance as one steams up the fourteen miles or so of river which ..."

5. Asia: With Ethnological Appendix by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"These are questions which cannot yet be answered. 8. Topography: Mandalay—Bhamo—Bangkok—Ayuthia —Luang-Prabang—Hu6—Haiphong—Phnom- ..."

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