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Blagoveshchensk en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • blə-gə-vyěshʹchǐnsk
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • blǔgu̇vyěshʹchǐnsk
  • /ˌblɑɡəˈvɛʃt͡ʃɛnsk/

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Благове́щенск (Blagovéščensk), from Благове́щение (Blagovéščenije, “Annunciation”), named after the Church of Annunciation.

Meanings

  1. A city, the administrative center of Amur Oblast in Siberia, Russia, on the border with China.
    • The Siberian city of Blagoveshchensk is located over 8,000 kilometres from Moscow, but barely 800 metres from China. The two countries are only separated by the Amur river. 2012 September 28, Ksenia Bolchakova, “Is Siberia becoming Chinese?”, in France 24, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2012:
    • Foreign trade goes not to Aigun, but to the Chinese town of Taheiho, which is situated about 30 miles distant from Aigun and is directly opposite the Siberian city of Blagovestchensk, on the other side of the Amur River. [1915 August 24, Charles K. Moser, “Harbin”, in Supplement to Commerce Reports, number 52h, →OCLC, page 1:
    • The Heilungkiang River which the Russians call the Amur is rather narrower than I had expected it to be, and the old Chinese town of Hailanpao, now the Russian one of Blagoveshchensk, is dominated by a television tower. 1977 November, Rewi Alley, “To Heiho on the Heilungkiang”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVI, number 11, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:

Relateds

Ust-Zeysky

Synonyms

Hailanpao (from Mandarin Chinese)

Translations (36)

be Благаве́шчанск (city in Siberia) · fi Blagoveštšensk (city in Siberia) · hy Բլագովեշչենսկ (city in Siberia) · mn Благовещенск (city in Siberia) · de Blagoweschtschensk (city in Siberia) · et Blagoveštšensk (city in Siberia) · ko 부스 (city in Siberia) · ru Благове́щенск (city in Siberia) · sk Blagoveščensk (city in Siberia) · mn Харнуур (city in Siberia) · fr Blagovechtchensk (city in Siberia) · mr ब्लागोवेश्चेंस्क (city in Siberia) · lt Blagoveščenskas (city in Siberia) · lv Blagoveščenska (city in Siberia) · he בלאגובשצ׳נסק (city in Siberia) · da Blagovesjtjensk (city in Siberia) · pt Blagoveshchensk (city in Siberia) · bg Благове́шченск (city in Siberia) · ko 하이란파오 (city in Siberia) · mn ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (city in Siberia) · sv Blagovesjtjensk (city in Siberia) · cs Blagověščensk (city in Siberia) · mk Благове́шченск (city in Siberia) · pl Błagowieszczeńsk (city in Siberia) · ja ブラゴヴェシチェンスク (city in Siberia) · mnc ᡥᠠᡳᠯᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ (city in Siberia) · cmn 海蘭泡 /海兰泡 (city in Siberia) · hi ब्लागोवेश्चेंस्क (city in Siberia) · ko 블라고베셴스크 (city in Siberia) · es Blagovéshchensk (city in Siberia) · ka ბლაგოვეშჩენსკი (city in Siberia) · cmn 布拉戈維申斯克 /布拉戈维申斯克 (city in Siberia) · uk Благовє́щенськ (city in Siberia) · sh Благовјешченск (city in Siberia) · ar بْلَاغُوفِيشْتْشِينْسْك (city in Siberia) · sh Blagovješčensk (city in Siberia)