Boli

See also: boli, bolí, bóli, bólì, Bólì, bólǐ, bōli, and bōlí

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 伯力 (Bólì).

Proper noun

Boli

1. Synonym of Khabarovsk: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 2009, Lisa Lai-Ming Wong, “On Alternatives to Historical Narrative”, in Rays of the Searching Sun: The Transcultural Poetics of Yang Mu‎^[1], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 178:

     Khabarovsk (Boli), the second largest city in the Russian Far East, is about thirty kilometres from the Chinese border.

   • 2017, Michał Lubina, “China's Appendix? The Russian Far East”, in Russia and China: A political marriage of convenience - stable and successful‎^[2], Barbara Budrich Publishers, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 207:

     Local press has created the most unbelievable stories about the Chinese conspiracy. According to these claims, Chinese diplomacy, “traditionally full of meanness”, would demand in future to “not only have those two islands but Khabarovsk itself, the ancient Chinese city of Boli, as well” which would lead to crisis and consequently - war between two countries.

   • 2017, Victor Zatsepine, Beyond the Amur: Frontier Encounters between China and Russia, 1850-1930‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page [4]:

     Indigenous people such as the Goldi saw the Amur's main stream north of Boli (Khabarovsk) as a natural extension of the Songhua River.

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

Translations

city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伯力 (zh) (Bólì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 勃利 (Bólì).

Proper noun

Boli

1. A county of Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China
   • [1978 November 15 [1978 September 24], “Heilungkiang Reservoir”, in Translations on People's Republic of China‎^[5], number 467, U. S. Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 55‎^[6]:

     The construction project of the (Taoshan) Reservoir, the largest one ever built in Heilungkiang, is under way. Located 10 kilometers east of the Chitaiho Municipality in Poli County, the reservoir will have a total water storage capacity of 648 million cubic meters.]

   • 1987, Catharine T. Fogg, Edward H. Boyle, Jr., “Major CPEC Flake Graphite Producers”, in Flake and High Crystalline Graphite Availability—Market Economy Countries: A Minerals Availability Appraisal‎^[7], number 9122, Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:

     In Heilongjiang Province alone, 14 graphite deposits are reported, with 1 occurrence near Jixi City reportedly containing 300 Mmt of surface-minable material (31) and another large deposit located in the Heling area of Boli County.

   • 2018 December 17, “Migrant workers contribute talents to development of China's cities”, in ZX, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[8], archived from the original on 10 August 2020‎^[9]:

     The upper part of the combo photo taken in 2008 shows Wang Xifa working at home in Hengtai Village of Boli County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勃利 (zh) (Bólì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Boli”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[10], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 471, column 2