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Kainei

Kainei proper noun: synonym of Hoeryong: the Japanese-derived name.

Proper noun

Kainei

  1. (historical) Synonym of Hoeryong: the Japanese-derived name
    • The mineral resources of Kirin province have never been adequately studied. They are known to include, however, in addition to the gold and copper now being mined in the T’ien Pao Shan district contiguous to the proposed Huining (Kainei in Japanese) terminus of the Kirin-Tunhua-Huining railway...1928 July, C. Walter Young, “Chinese Colonization in Manchuria”, in The Far Eastern Review, volume XXIV, number 7, →OCLC, page 299, column 1
    • This line is a continuation of the Seoul-Gensan line and extends from Gensan, in South Kanko Province, to Kainei (Korean “Hoiryong”; Chinese “Huining”), in North Kanko, a distance of some 383.8 miles.1929 December, Ransford S. Miller, “Railway Development in Chosen”, in The Far Eastern Review, volume XXV, number 12, →OCLC, page 570, column 1
    Synonyms:
    Hoeryong

Synonyms of Kainei

Origin of Kainei

From Japanese 會寧(かいねい) (kainei).

Questions about Kainei

What does Kainei mean?
Kainei means synonym of Hoeryong: the Japanese-derived name.
What part of speech is Kainei?
Kainei is a proper noun.

Words near Kainei in the dictionary

  1. Kainantu–Goroka language
  2. kainate
  3. kainates
  4. Kaindu
  5. Kaine
  6. Kainei
  7. kainellid
  8. kainellids
  9. kainelliform
  10. Kaines
  11. kainga

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