Harbin

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China.

    "The headquarters of the Chinese-Eastern road is at Harbin, a town situated at about the centre of northern China, and there located for the purpose of administering the affairs of the railway."

Synonyms

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ha erbinha'erbinha-erh-pinha-êrh-pinhaerbinhaerhpin

Example

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"My final destination in China is the city of Harbin in the north-east, about one thousand kilometres from Beijing."

Etymology

From Manchu ᡥᠠᡵᠪᡳᠨ (harbin)- in the late 19th century, the area was a fishing village.

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