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Aigun

Aigun proper noun: a town in Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.

Proper noun

Aigun

  1. A town in Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.
    • North: Heilungkiang, 140,000 square miles. Population, 2,000,000. Capital, Tsitsihar, or, in Chinese, Pukwei; chief mart, Aigun, on the Amur, forty miles below Blagoveschensk (destroyed by the Russians in 1900).1905, Archibald Little, “The Dependencies: Part I. Manchuria”, in The Far East, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 158
    • 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

Examples of Aigun in a sentence

  • Tsitsihar, or Pukwei, is the capital of Heilungkiang, its chief mart being Aigun, on the Amur.1917, “The Provinces and Dependencies”, in W. Feldwick, editor, Present Day Impressions of the Far East and Prominent & Progressive Chinese...
  • It is worth noting that this stretch was part of Willard Straight's old plan (1909) for a trunk line from Chinchow to Aigun near Heiho.1934 May 13, Hugh Byas, “MANCHUKUO ROADS NOT ALL STRATEGIC; Three, Perhaps Four, of Rail Lines Japan is Building, Mainly Commercial....

Questions about Aigun

What does Aigun mean?
Aigun means a town in Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.
How do you use Aigun in a sentence?
Tsitsihar, or Pukwei, is the capital of Heilungkiang, its chief mart being Aigun, on the Amur.
What part of speech is Aigun?
Aigun is a proper noun.

Words near Aigun in the dictionary

  1. aiguilletted
  2. aiguillettes
  3. aiguisé
  4. aigulet
  5. aigulets
  6. Aigun
  7. AIH
  8. AIHA
  9. Aihui
  10. aii
  11. AIIA

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