Harbin

[ hahr-bin ]

nounPinyin.
  1. a city in and the capital of Heilongjiang province, in northeastern China.

  • Formerly (Older Spelling) Pin·kiang [Chinese bin-gyahng] /Chinese ˈbɪnˈgyɑŋ/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for Harbin

Harbin

/ (hɑːˈbiːn, -ˈbɪn) /


noun
  1. a city in NE China, capital of Heilongjiang province on the Songhua River: founded by the Russians in 1897; centre of tsarist activities after the October Revolution in Russia (1917). Pop: 2 989 000 (2005 est): Also called: Ha-erh-pin

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