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Kharbin

Kharbin proper noun: synonym of Harbin.

Proper noun

Kharbin

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Harbin.
    • Whenever one passed by an officer's quarters he invariably invited one to come and to partake of something, and however little he had for himself, he gave you of his best. It was quite extraordinary to see what a fuss they made about a guest. The first example I had of this was in the train from...1906, Maurice Baring, With the Russians in Manchuria, 3rd edition, Methuen & Co., page 67
    • Fire is the best disinfectant, and the Russians burned up the more seriously affected districts, particularly at Karbin, the chief town in Russian-Manchuria.[1913 May, L. Lodian, “A Plague-Stricken Railroad in China”, in Railway and Locomotive Engineering: A Practical Journal of Railway Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances, volume XXVI, number 5...
    Synonyms:
    Harbin

Examples of Kharbin in a sentence

  • The first example I had of this was in the train from Kharbin to Mukden, when I was in General Holodovsky’s carriage.1906, Maurice Baring, With the Russians in Manchuria, 3rd edition, Methuen & Co., page 67:
  • The Japanese train which connects at Kwang-cheng-tse with a Russian train for Kharbin, and by means of it with the Trans-Siberian train, starts from Dairen.1923, James Mavor, My Windows on the Street of the World, volume 2, J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, page 354:

Synonyms of Kharbin

Origin of Kharbin

Borrowed from Russian Харбин (Xarbin, “Harbin”).

Questions about Kharbin

What does Kharbin mean?
Kharbin means synonym of Harbin.
How do you use Kharbin in a sentence?
The first example I had of this was in the train from Kharbin to Mukden, when I was in General Holodovsky’s carriage.
What part of speech is Kharbin?
Kharbin is a proper noun.

Words near Kharbin in the dictionary

  1. Kharatian
  2. Kharatians
  3. Kharatyan
  4. Kharatyans
  5. Kharberd
  6. Kharbin
  7. Kharbouch
  8. Kharchia local
  9. Kharduri
  10. Khare
  11. Khares

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