Hai-shen-wei
Hai-shen-wei is the alternative form of Haishenwei.
Meaning of Haishenwei
Proper noun
Haishenwei
- Synonym of Vladivostok: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- 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...1967, Henry McAleavy, “The Second Opium War”, in The Modern History of China, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 91
- Synonyms:
- Vladivostok, Haishenwai
Origin of Hai-shen-wei
From Mandarin 海參崴 /海参崴 (Hǎishēnwēi) Wade–Giles romanization: Hai³-shen¹-wei¹.
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- Hai-shen-wei is the alternative form of Haishenwei.
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