Heilongjiang

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Heilongjiang

  • /ˌheɪlʊŋˈd͡ʒjɑːŋ/
  • /ˌheɪlɒŋˈd͡ʒæŋ/

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黑龍江 /黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng).

proper noun Helum River · Heilungchiang · Hei-lung-chiang · Heilungkiang

  1. A province in northeastern China. Capital: Harbin. Zhang Zuo-lin (1873-1928), a former bandit chief who joined the army, was appointed governor of Moukden by Yuan Shi-kai in exchange for services rendered. Using political intrigue and military pressure, he got Heilongjiang (1917) and Jilin (1919) under his control, thus becoming master of the three
  2. alternative Alternative form of Heilong Jiang, the Amur River: a major river in the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China. In 1848, Russian Senior Naval Captain Nevelskoiy and his military transport ship set sail to invade China's Heilongjiang [Amur-river] River estuary and the Sakhalin island. In 1850, Miaojie on the Heilongjiang River estuary was forcibly occupied, turned into a stronghold for aggression and renamed N

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name province of China

한국어헤이룽장 Heirungjang, 흑룡강 heungnyonggang
日本語黒竜江 Kokuryūkō
中文黑龍江 /黑龙江 Hēilóngjiāng
हिन्दीहेइलोंगजियांग heiloṅgjiyāṅg
ΕλληνικάΧεϊλονγκτσιάνγκ Cheïlongktsiángk
РусскийХэйлунцзя́н Xɛjlunczján
Tiếng ViệtHắc Long Giang
العربيةهِيلُونْغْجْيَانْغ hilunḡjyānḡ, خِيلُونْغْجْيَانْغ ḵilunḡjyānḡ

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@misc{heilongjiang_2026,
  title = {Heilongjiang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heilongjiang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}