Oopack

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Oopack

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From romanization of Cantonese 湖北 (wu⁴ bak¹). The black tea is named from the district in China.

noun Oopacks · Oopak

  1. countable, dated, uncountable A kind of black tea. Oopacks is a general term covering the teas of Hupeh Province, the word being a derivation of the name Hupeh in the Canton dialect. Because of their similar quality and sale on the Hankow market, teas produced in the Hsiangying, Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hwangchow Districts of Hunan also are known as Oo

proper noun Oopak

  1. obsolete Synonym of Hubei: the Cantonese-derived name. Such eagerness and competition as this, regardless of quality and almost of price, is the fruitful encouragement to teamen of carelessness in the manufacture of both the tea and the packages. The result has proved that in all the Oopack (Hoopeh) districts, this carelessness had already commenced, an

    Similar: Hubei

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@misc{oopack_2026,
  title = {Oopack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oopack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}