Huocheng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 霍城 (Huòchéng).

Proper noun

Huocheng

1. A county of Ili, Xinjiang, China.
   • 2007 July 26, “China gives out meat from reserves amid severe flooding”, in The New York Times‎^[1], sourced from The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on April 26, 2024, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Two farmers in Xinjiang's Huocheng county were swept away by flood water triggered by heavy rain that started on Tuesday, Xinhua said.

2. Khorgas.
   • 2012, Adam T. Kessler, “The Jin Dynasty (1115-1234 AD)”, in Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 162:

     Whereas the A'ertai city-site is 13km east of Huocheng Xian, the hoard was brought to light in an agricultural field on the western banks of the Kegan River that runs north of Huocheng Xian.

Translations

Khorgas — see Khorgas