Hotien

British

/ ˈhəʊˈtjɛn /

noun

a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Hotan

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The OSS sent him to a village in southeast China called Hotien to report intelligence about enemy troop movements, weather patterns and possible bombing targets along the Japanese-held coastline 19 miles away.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2019

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