a port in E China, capital of Zhejiang province, on Hangzhou Bay (an inlet of the East China Sea), at the foot of the Eye of Heaven Mountains: regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world; seat of two universities (1927, 1959). Pop: 1 955 000 (2005 est)
Hangzhou in American English
(ˈhɑnˈdʒoʊ)
port in E China; capital of Zhejiang province: pop. 1,740,000