Greater Khingan

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Greater Khingan

1. A mountain range in Manchuria, China.
   • [1984 December, Gloria Vitanza Basile, chapter 26, in The Sting of the Scorpion (Global 2000 Trilogy)‎^[1], volume III (Fiction), New York: Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 463, 464:

     "I swear the real Jonathan Marl is miles away in the Great Khingan Range in the gulag at Pokotu." […]
     "What about Jonathan?"
     "That he was being held prisoner in Manchuria, Pokotu in the Great Khingan Range to be exact."]

   • 2001 July 8, Geoffrey Hosking, “"Russia and the Russians: A History"”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 March 2023, First Chapter‎^[3]:

     The north Eurasian plain is not only Russia's geographical setting, but also her fate. From the Carpathians in the west to the Greater Khingan range in the east, a huge expanse of flat, open territory dominates the Eurasian continent.

   • 2022 January 31, “CN Energy’s Subsidiary Completes New Manufacturing Facility”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on 30 May 2022‎^[5]:

     The Company’s current facility is located in Tahe County, Heilongjiang Province, near the Greater Khingan Range, in close proximity to its suppliers.

Translations

mountain range

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大興安嶺／大兴安岭 (zh) (Dàxīng'ānlǐng)

See also

• Outer Khingan

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hinggan, Greater”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1286, column 3
• “Greater Khingan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.