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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northeast Vietnam on the Red River delta near the Gulf of Tonkin, established in 1874.

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  • noun a port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center

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Examples

  • But it's gonna be a cold day in Haiphong Harbor before I vote Libertarian for President, Governor, Congress, or Legislature.

    Sound Politics: Absence of Justice 2006

  • South Vietnam, pre-1975: Sighting in Haiphong of a captured American Airman

    Wade, Barton S. 1972

  • Young Vietnamese girl a worker in Haiphong; a alive and as victim beautiful healthy woman.

    Pilots in Pajamas - Part 5 1967

  • News Agency (North Vietnam) clearly showed their ID cards with the caption that they were "captured in Haiphong."

    Stier, Theodore G. 1990

  • News Agency (North Vietnam) clearly showed their ID cards with the caption that they were "captured in Haiphong."

    Estes, Walter O II 1990

  • News Agency (North Vietnam) clearly showed their ID cards with the caption that they were "captured in Haiphong."

    Teague, James E. 1990

  • News Agency (North Vietnam) clearly showed their ID cards with the caption that they were "captured in Haiphong."

    Clower, Claude D. 1990

  • a picture of LTJG Teague's Identification card and had reported his capture in Haiphong.

    Teague, James E. 1990

  • Claims to have been an USAF E-5 paramedic who was shot down near Haiphong in a

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • Ex-POWs to be listed as a POW - need to know if either of you can confirm the POW status of Alan Lorith - NAM: USMC Haiphong N

    Alan Robert Lorith 2010

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