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.
   • 1898, “Gold and Silver”, in Richard P. Rothwell, editor, The Mineral Industry, its Statistics, Technology and Trade, in the United States and Other Countries to the End of 1897., volume VI, New York, London: The Scientific Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 280:

     More recently, Colonel Pontiata, a Russian explorer, reported the existence of rich alluvial deposits on the Morena, not far from Lake Khanka. The Morena is in the extreme eastern portion of Manchuria and is a tributary of the Oussouri.

   • 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.”