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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 烏蘇里／乌苏里 Wade–Giles romanization: Wu¹-su¹-li³.
Proper noun
Wu-su-li
- Alternative form of Wusuli (Ussuri).
1977, J. R. V. Prescott, H. J. Collier, D. F. Prescott, “The Sino-Soviet dispute over the Amur-Ussuri confluence”, in Frontiers of Asia and Southeast Asia, Melbourne University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 12, column 1:The Chinese and Russian versions of the 1860 treaty do not favour either of these interpretations. The Chinese version states that the boundary follows ‘the lower part of the Hei-Long river (Amur) until it joins with the Wu-Su-Lee river' and then follows the Wu-su-li river upstream (Prescott, 57).