Heixiazi

See also: hēixiāzi and hēixiázi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黑瞎子島 / 黑瞎子岛 (Hēixiāzǐ Dǎo).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hāʹshyäʹdzûʹ
  • Hyphenation: Hei‧xia‧zi

Proper noun

Heixiazi

  1. Synonym of Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island: An island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers divided between Heixiazidao, Fuyuan, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China and Khabarovsky district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • 1991, Donald S. Zagoria, “The Changing Role of the Soviet Union in the Pacific”, in Frederic J. Fleron, Jr., Erik P. Hoffmann, Robbin F. Laird, editors, Contemporary Issues in Soviet Foreign Policy: From Brezhnev to Gorbachev‎[1], New York: Aldine de Gruyter, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 678:
      The major obstacle to a border settlement is the status of Heixiazi, a 330-square kilometer island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers. The island is claimed by the Chinese but controlled by the USSR. Because Heixiazi overlooks Khabarovsk as well as the point where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Amur River, the Soviets are reluctant to give it up.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Heixiazi.

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