Huludao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ho͞oʹlo͞oʹdouʹ
Forms: form: Hu-lu-tao
form: Hulutao
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 葫蘆島 /葫芦岛 (Húlúdǎo).
Senses: examples: text: In the city of Huludao in Liaoning province, 17 miners died following a fire in the pit caused by sparks thrown off by welders, the State Administration of Work Safety reported on its website.
ref: 2015 December 17, “Chinese mine accidents leave as many as 36 dead”, in AP News, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023:
text: With ages ranging from 4 to 69 years old, 3,090 girls and women participated in a world record-breaking largest bikini photo shoot on a beach in Huludao, Liaoning Province, China, in August 2011.
ref: 2019 October 11, “25 of the strangest Guinness World Records ever”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023:
text: The city of Huludao in the province has asked residents to not use high-energy electronics like water heaters and microwaves during the peak power use periods from 10:00-12:00 am (0200-0400 GMT), 3:00-4:00 p.m. and 07:00-08:00 p.m.
ref: 2021 September 27, Shivani Singh, Min Zhang, Beijing newsroom, “China's power crunch begins to weigh on economic outlook”, in Ana Nicolaci da Costa, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2021, China:
text: Huludao’s Xingcheng county and two districts have ordered entertainment venues such as theatres and cinemas to close, while restaurants are not to offer banqueting services or cater for large gatherings.
ref: 2022 February 10, Zhuang Pinghui, “Omicron cases crash in ‘vital window’ for China city Baise’s outbreak battle”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2022, Science:
text: Lei said the smell of exhaust gas from chemical plants in Huludao’s Longgang district is noticeable almost every day. “Sometimes there isn’t a noticeable odor but it just chokes you and makes you want to cough,” he said.
ref: 2022 July 26, Christian Shepherd, Vic Chiang, “A Chinese artist fights pollution with rock music”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2022, Asia:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China, formerly known as Jinxi.
examples: text: The seizure of Chinese industrial and commercial enterprises, of railroads and ports (including Huludao port, then still under construction) in Manchuria, and the forcible eviction of Chinese peasants from a number of areas clearly revealed the real intentions of the Japanese imperialists.
ref: 1966 [1957], Михаил Иосифович Сладковский, “Economic Relations Between the Soviet Union and China in 1925-1936”, in M. Roublev, transl., edited by G. Grause, History of Economic Relations Between Russia and China [Ocherki Ekonomicheskikh Othosnenii SSSR c Kitaem], Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, →OCLC, page 188:
english: Ocherki Ekonomicheskikh Othosnenii SSSR c Kitaem
translation: Ocherki Ekonomicheskikh Othosnenii SSSR c Kitaem
text: At the same time, he had Du Yuming set up command at Huludao to direct the Kuomintang troops deployed at Jinxi and Huludao to push from the south to the north, hoping to crush the Liberation Army in between.
ref: 1979 June, “The Liaoning-Shenyang Campaign”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 35, column 1:
text: On Nov. 2, as the Communist attacks continued, U.S. transports landed Nationalist troops at Huludao in Manchuria.
ref: 1980, “Chronology of Events 1945-1980”, in China: U.S. Policy Since 1945, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 79, column 1:
glosses: Former name of Longgang.