Chinwangtao
English edit
Proper noun edit
Chinwangtao
- Synonym of Qinhuangdao
- 1904, C. D. Tenney, “中國 [Zhōngguó, The Chinese Empire]”, in Geography of Asia[1], New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 6:
- Chʻing-wang-tao (秦皇島) is a deep water port on the Gulf of Pechili, and is important as a port for the shipping of coal, and also as the winter port for the exports and imports of Tientsin.
- 1951, Herbert Hoover, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920[2], New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 37:
- The problem of building the new port at Chinwangtao with its railway connections and of opening an additional coal mine with more modern equipment constituted something concrete that I could get a hold upon.
Further reading edit
- “Chinwangtao”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.