[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.15798 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15798 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15798 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15798](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15798) WHAMPOA, n.p. In former days the anchorage of European ships in the river of Canton, some distance below that city. \[The name is pronounced \*Wongpo\* (Ball, \*Things Chinese\*, 3rd ed. 631).\] - [Previous: c10.15797](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15797) - [Next: c10.15799](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15799) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15798](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15798) · Pramāṇa