Hu-lu-tao

See also: Hulutao

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 葫蘆島 / 葫芦岛 (Húlúdǎo) Wade–Giles romanization: Hu²-lu²-tao³.

Proper noun

Hu-lu-tao

1. Alternative form of Huludao
   • 1942, Japan's Dream of World Empire: The Tanaka Memorial‎^[1], 1st edition, Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 48:

     Later when we did intervene the railways were already completed. Besides, the Americans have been anxious to make an investment in developing the port of Hu-lu-tao through British capitalists.

   • 1973, Roger V. Des Forges, “Foreign Disaster”, in Hsi-liang and the Chinese National Revolution‎^[2], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 150:

     He promised that the Chin-ai and Ching-feng would benefit one another and proceeded with his plans to open up a port at Hu-lu-tao, which was intended to serve as a terminus for the Chin-ai.

   • 1979, Gary May, “The Making of a China Hand”, in China Scapegoat: The Diplomatic Ordeal of John Carter Vincent‎^[3], Washington, D.C.: New Republic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52:

     Word of the Japanese invasion reached Vincent while he was inspecting a newly built Chinese harbor at Hu-lu-tao.

   • 1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria‎^[4], Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:

     I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.

Translations

Huludao — see Huludao

Anagrams

• haulout, outhaul