Hulin
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Definitions
- 1 A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 2 A county-level city of Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.
"The incident only a few years ago at Chenpao Island northeast of Mutankiang city and in the Hulin county of the prefecture, showed the white fangs of the bear all right."
Example
More examples"The incident only a few years ago at Chenpao Island northeast of Mutankiang city and in the Hulin county of the prefecture, showed the white fangs of the bear all right."
Etymology
* As an English surname, from a medieval diminutive of the given name Hugh. Also as a French variant of Hue, itself related to Hugh. * Also as a French surname, diminutive of Hudelin, from the personal name Hude (see Houde).
From Mandarin 虎林 (Hǔlín, literally “tiger forest”).
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