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White Dogs

White Dogs proper noun: former name of Juguang.

Proper noun

White Dogs

  1. Former name of Juguang.
    • The steamer Fu-yew, Captain Croad, left Hongkong on the 26th ulto. at 11:30 a.m. Arrived at Shanghai on the 31st. Had thick foggy weather from Hongkong to the White Dogs ; thence to Namki, strong N.E. and lightning.1875 April 1, “Clippings”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XIV, number 412, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 317, column 2
    • Peiping radio said a U.S. Navy aircraft violated Chinese Communist air space over Pingtan and White Dog islands off the coastal province of Fukien Sunday and added that a Red foreign ministry spokesman was "authorized to issue its 58th serious warning against the intrusion."1959 July 20, “U.S. Plane Accused Of Air Violation”, in The Cumberland News, volume 21, number 239, Cumberland, Maryland, sourced from Tokyo (AP), page 1, column 8

Origin of White Dogs

Calque from Chinese 白犬

Questions about White Dogs

What does White Dogs mean?
White Dogs means former name of Juguang.
What part of speech is White Dogs?
White Dogs is a proper noun.

Words near White Dogs in the dictionary

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  3. white devils
  4. white dirt
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  7. white dot syndrome
  8. white dot syndromes
  9. white dwarf
  10. white dwarfs
  11. White Eagle

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