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Huncun

Huncun proper noun: synonym of Hunchun: the Manchu-derived name.

Proper noun

Huncun

  1. Synonym of Hunchun: the Manchu-derived name.
    • YANGGÛRI efu 揚古利額駙, d. 1637, age 66 (sui), of the Šumuru clan at Huncun, served while still a youth as a page in the control of Nurhaci [q. v.].1943, George A[lexander] Kennedy, “Yanggûri efu”, in Arthur W. Hummel Sr., editor, Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing Period (1644–1912), volume II, Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 898
    • In 1607 Nurgaci proposed to remove the population oi the village of Fiohoton, near Huncun in the remote Changbaishan region, to Hetu Ala, his new capital built to the west of the old one at Fe Ala.1997, Pamela Kyle Crossley, The Manchus, Blackwell Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63
    Synonyms:
    Hunchun

Synonyms of Huncun

Origin of Huncun

From Manchu ᡥᡠᠨᠴᡠᠨ (huncun).

Questions about Huncun

What does Huncun mean?
Huncun means synonym of Hunchun: the Manchu-derived name.
What part of speech is Huncun?
Huncun is a proper noun.

Words near Huncun in the dictionary

  1. hunchless
  2. Hunchun
  3. hunchunite
  4. hunchy
  5. Huncoat
  6. Huncun
  7. Hundal
  8. Hundalee
  9. Hundals
  10. hundart
  11. hundee

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