Chinwangtao

English

Proper noun

Chinwangtao

1. Synonym of Qinhuangdao
   • 1904, C. D. Tenney, “中國 [Zhōngguó, The Chinese Empire]”, in Geography of Asia‎^[1], New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 6:

     Chʻing-wang-tao (秦皇島) is a deep water port on the Gulf of Pechili, and is important as a port for the shipping of coal, and also as the winter port for the exports and imports of Tientsin.

   • 1951, Herbert Hoover, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920‎^[2], New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 37:

     The problem of building the new port at Chinwangtao with its railway connections and of opening an additional coal mine with more modern equipment constituted something concrete that I could get a hold upon.

Further reading

• “Chinwangtao”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.