Vladivostok en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌvlædɪˈvɑstɑk/ (US)
- /ˌvlædɪˈvɒstɒk/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Владивосток (Vladivostok).
Meanings
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A city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai.
We may also expect to hear that a Corean Consulate is to be established at Vladivostok; the opening of the Tʻu-mên river will, no doubt, be secured and telegraphic communication established with Vladivostok and such other places as may be necessary.
1885 July 7 [1885 June 30], “THE RUSSO-KOREAN TREATY.”, in China Mail, volume XLI, number 6846, sourced from North-China Daily News, →OCLC, page 3, column 5:Li Zhanshu, the third-ranking member of the Communist Party of China, visited Moscow last week after attending an economic forum in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, where he met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
2022 September 11, Austin Ramzy, “Russia says that a senior Chinese official expressed support for the invasion of Ukraine.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2022, Russia-Ukraine War:Only after it was all over did I learn of their plan to seize me on board the Chungshan when I was to take it to go back to the Military Academy at Whampoa from Canton. They would then send me as a prisoner to Russia via Vladivostok, thereby removing the major obstacle to their scheme of using the National Revolution as a medium for setting up a "dictatorship of the proletariat."
1957, Chiang Chung-cheng (Kai-shek), “Beginnings”, in Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39:Commenting acidly on the loss of Vladivostok 115 years later (and on President Ford’s summit with Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev in that city), Deng Xiaoping told me that the different names given to the city by the Chinese and the Russians reflected their respective purposes: the Chinese name translated roughly as “Sea Slug,” while the Russian name meant “Rule of the East.” “I don’t think it has any other meaning except what it means at face value,” he added.
2011, Henry Kissinger, quoting Deng Xiaoping, “Notes”, in On China, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 536:Brezhnev shared my enthusiasm. Impulsively, after a late lunch, he invited me to accompany him on a tour of Vladivostok. We climbed into the back seat of a long black limousine and headed toward the city, thirteen miles away. The local commissar, a large, dark-complexioned man wearing a thick wool coat, sat in the jump seat in front of Brezhnev, and the interpreter, Victor Sukhodrev, sat in front of me. Our conversation was natural and uninhibited. How many people lived in Vladivostok? What was the main industry? And was it always this cold? Twenty minutes later, we drove down a steep hill, entered the city and swung around the main square. A small crowd was there, and even though it was dusk, they recognized the car and applauded. The city itself reminded me of San Francisco, and I wished that I'd had more time to explore the place. But it was starting to get dark and we headed back toward Okeanskaya.
1980, Gerald Ford, A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 213:The Chinese government has kept quiet about it, but Radio France International reported in March 2023 that China’s Ministry of Natural Resources had issued new guidelines for maps, requiring the addition of old Chinese names alongside Russian geographical names in eight places along the Russian-Chinese border, including Vladivostok, which should now be referred to as Haishenwai. As if bowing to Beijing, Moscow has said it will open the port of Vladivostok to Chinese transit trade for the first time in 163 years.
2023 June 20, Radek Sikorski, “Europe’s Real Test Is Yet to Come”, in Foreign Affairs, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vladivostock | alternative, dated | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Haishenwai (from Mandarin Chinese) · Haishenwei · Hai-shen-wei
Translations (59)
az Uraşio (seaport in Russia) · cmn 海參崴 /海参崴 (seaport in Russia) · sk Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · hu Vlagyivosztok (seaport in Russia) · de Wladiwostok (seaport in Russia) · ko 해삼위 (seaport in Russia) · ko 블라디보스토크 (seaport in Russia) · tr Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · nb Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · la Vladivostokium (seaport in Russia) · cmn 符拉迪沃斯托克 (seaport in Russia) · cs Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · ur ولادی وستوک (seaport in Russia) · ko 울라지보스또크 (seaport in Russia) · pt Vladivostoque (seaport in Russia) · sh Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · vi Vla-đi-vô-xtốc (seaport in Russia) · he ולדיווסטוק (seaport in Russia) · ja ウラジオストク (seaport in Russia) · az Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · be Уладзівасто́к (seaport in Russia) · pl Władywostok (seaport in Russia) · ka ვლადივოსტოკი (seaport in Russia) · uz Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · vi Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · pt Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · hy Վլադիվոստոկ (seaport in Russia) · vi Hải Sâm Uy (seaport in Russia) · da Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · mr व्लादिवोस्तोक (seaport in Russia) · mi Paratipotoka (seaport in Russia) · fi Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · af Wladiwostok (seaport in Russia) · sl Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · ko 해삼시 (seaport in Russia) · ja 浦塩 (seaport in Russia) · lv Vladivostoka (seaport in Russia) · th วลาดีวอสตอค (seaport in Russia) · fa ولادیوستوک (seaport in Russia) · cu Владивъстокъ (seaport in Russia) · hi व्लादिवोस्तोक (seaport in Russia) · ar فْلَادِيفُوسْتُوك (seaport in Russia) · ja 浦塩斯徳 (seaport in Russia) · fr Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · mn Владивосток (seaport in Russia) · lt Vladivostokas (seaport in Russia) · nl Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · el Βλαδιβοστόκ (seaport in Russia) · ude Вайӡа (seaport in Russia) · uk Владивосто́к (seaport in Russia) · ru Владивосто́к (seaport in Russia) · es Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · vi Vờ-la-đi-vô-xờ-tốc (seaport in Russia) · mnc ᡥᠠᡳᡧᡝᠨᠸᡝᡳ (seaport in Russia) · et Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · mk Владиво́сток (seaport in Russia) · sh Владивосток (seaport in Russia) · it Vladivostok (seaport in Russia) · bg Владивосто́к (seaport in Russia)