Lake Khanka

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Russian о́зеро Ха́нка (ózero Xánka)

Pronunciation

• enPR: khänʹk◌̇u

Proper noun

Lake Khanka

1. A lake on the border between Mishan, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China and Primorsky Krai, Russia.
   • 1951, Theodore Shabad, “Soviet Far East”, in Geography of the USSR; A Regional Survey‎^[2], New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 313:

     While deciduous forests form the dominant type of vegetation, considerable areas are covered by the so-called Amur steppes, located in the Amur region, along the lower Amur River, and around Lake Khanka.

   • 1965, “Lake Khanka”, in Standard Encyclopedia of the World's Rivers and Lakes‎^[3], New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136, column 1:

     Lake Khanka (or Hanka), called by the Chinese Hsing-K’ai-Hu, lies on the border between eastern Manchuria and the extreme southern panhandle of the Soviet Far East known as the Maritime Kray.

   • 2010 April 28, Nick Mulvenney, “Fearless Zhang aims to eat and sleep in 40-hour swim”, in Patrick Johnston, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 31 July 2022:

     Chinese endurance swimmer Zhang Jie is aiming to learn how to sleep and eat on the go before attempting a record 40-hour open water marathon across Lake Khanka in August.

   • 2021 April 28, David Strege, “Siberian tiger attacks car, runs over farmer in scary encounters”, in USA Today‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 April 2021:

     A Siberian tiger that wandered into a Russian village from China was videotaped attacking a car, terrifying its occupants, and then literally running over a female farmer as villagers attempted to scare it away from the area.
     The incident occurred in the village of Turiy Rog in the Russian province of Primary^{[sic – meaning Primorsky/Primorye]} on the northwestern shore of Lake Khanka.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lake Khanka.

Translations

lake

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興凱湖 / 兴凯湖 (zh) (Xīngkǎi Hú)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: о́зеро Ха́нка (ózero Xánka)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Khanka, Lake”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1546, column 3: “Also L. Hanka.”