Kainei

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Hoeryong: the Japanese-derived name historical

    "The mineral resources of Kirin province have never been adequately studied. They are known to include, however, in addition to the gold and copper now being mined in the T’ien Pao Shan district contiguous to the proposed Huining (Kainei in Japanese) terminus of the Kirin-Tunhua-Huining railway, also aluminum in the valley of the Mutan, north of Tunhua."

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"The mineral resources of Kirin province have never been adequately studied. They are known to include, however, in addition to the gold and copper now being mined in the T’ien Pao Shan district contiguous to the proposed Huining (Kainei in Japanese) terminus of the Kirin-Tunhua-Huining railway, also aluminum in the valley of the Mutan, north of Tunhua."

Etymology

From Japanese 會寧(かいねい) (kainei).

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