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Haishenwei en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• hī′shŭn′wā′

Etymology

From Mandarin 海參崴 /海参崴 (Hǎishēnwēi, literally “sea cucumber bay”), Wade–Giles romanization: Hai³-shen¹-wei¹.

Meanings

1. Synonym of Vladivostok: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • Today, according to regional experts, at least 200,000 Chinese live in Russia's Far East, a region roughly 5,000 miles from Moscow, and many more stay for long stretches of time. They have helped transform the towns along the border in their own image. In Nakhodka, on the Pacific coast, a shopping center built to resemble the Great Wall beckons customers. The Chinese who have settled in Vladivostok, once closed to foreigners as home to the Soviet fleet, have taken to calling the city by its old Chinese name, Haishenwei. 2003 July 29, Peter Baker, “A Tense Divide in Russia’s Far East”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2022:
   • But a fait accompli even more spectacular than this awaited the Chinese. For the naval officer Nevelskoi had surveyed the Manchurian coast down to the Korean border and had urged successfully that this, too, as far inland as the Ussuri River, must be included in the Tsar’s dominions. At the southern end, in particular, the town of Haishenwei with its harbour would make a splendid port. 1967, Henry McAleavy, “The Second Opium War”, in The Modern History of China, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 91:
   • Once ships could sail down the river to the Heilungkiang (Amur) and from there on to Haishenwei (Vladivostock) until the way was blocked by the Russians. 1977 October, Rewi Alley, “To Taching in 1977”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVI, number 10, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:

Forms

Synonyms

Vladivostok · Haishenwai

Translations (2)

cmn 海參崴 /海参崴 (city) · yue 海參崴 /海参崴 (city)