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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 綏芬河 / 绥芬河 (Suífēnhé) Wade–Giles romanization: Sui²-fên¹-ho².
Proper noun
Suifenho
- Alternative form of Suifenhe.
1959, Peter S. H. Tang, “Consequences of Soviet Railway Policy”, in Russian and Soviet Policy in Manchuria and Outer Mongolia, 1911-1931, Duke University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 223:At the same time, according to official information, fighting occurred on the night of August 17, at Tungning,¹²⁹ south of Suifenho. Tungning was then occupied by Soviet troops possibly “consisting of Koreans, Buriats and Magyars” as front-line formations.¹³⁰
1983, Chong-Sik Lee, “Manchuria in the 1920s”, in Revolutionary Struggle in Manchuria: Chinese Communism and Soviet Interest, 1922-1945, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31:The Chinese workers in Tsitsihar, 170 miles northwest of Harbin, struck against the railroad on April 30, and another strike of Chinese workers occurred in Suifenho, at the southeastern end of the railroad, on May 2.
2011, Craig Collie, “Nagasaki, Thursday 9 August 1945, evening”, in Nagasaki: The Massacre of the Innocent and the Unknowing, Portobello Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 272:On the eastern front, the main force of tanks and mobile artillery had pushed past isolated units of the Kwantung Army, leaving following units to mop them up. The lead units advanced on the fortifications of Suifenho, seizing critical rail tunnels on the main line into Manchuria.
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