Jehol

American  

[juh-hohl, zhuh-hoh, ruh-] / dʒəˈhoʊl, ˈʒʌˈhoʊ, ˈrʌ- /

noun

1. a region and former province in northeastern China: incorporated into Manchukuo by the Japanese 1932–45. 74,297 sq. mi. (192,429 sq. km).

2. former name of Chengde.

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Jehol British  

/ dʒəˈhɒl /

noun

1. a former province of NE China, north of the Great Wall: divided among Hebei, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia in 1956. Area: 192 380 sq km (74 278 sq miles)

2. a region of NE China, in Hebei and Liaoning provinces: mountainous

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Example Sentences

Reports reached Tientsin that a new "Western Expedition" of 3,000 Japanese troops was sweeping from conquered Jehol province into Chahar Province, Inner Mongolia.

From Time Magazine Archive

He let the northern province of Jehol fall into Japanese hands in 1933.

From Time Magazine Archive

U. S. missionaries in the invaded territory south of Jehol kept the wires hot with reports of Japanese bombing, destruction and invasion of U. S. mission property.

From Time Magazine Archive

General Chang insisted that the Government must occupy Communist-claimed Jehol and Chahar provinces, on the flank of the overland route between North China and Manchuria.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the approach of the foreign army, Hienfung fled in terror from his palace, and sought shelter at Jehol, the hunting residence of the emperors beyond the Wall.

From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles