Ho-t'ien
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Mandarin 和田 (Hétián) Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-tʻien².
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: hôʹtyěnʹ
Proper noun[edit]
Ho-t'ien
- Alternative form of Hetian (Hotan)
- 1923, The Travels of Fa-Hsien[1], Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, →OL, pages 90–91:
- Again, Yü-tʻien or Ho-tʻien (Khotan), as it is now called, has been from time immemorial devoted to Mahometanism, as is amply borne out by Illustrated Notices of Western Countries, printed by Imperial authority.
- 1987, Arthur C. Hasiotis, Jr., Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949[3], Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 102–103:
- In September of 1937, two regiments of Soviet Kirghiz troops and one regiment of Russian troops equipped with forty airplanes and twenty tanks entered Sinkiang from Atushe and attacked Pa-ch'u, dividing Ma Hu-shan's 36th Corps into two sections. In October one Kirghiz regiment entered P'i-shan, and Ma Hu-shan fled to India. Kirghiz and Russian forces were now in occupation of Hami and poised to strike at Ho-t'ien in the extreme south of Sinkiang.
Translations[edit]
Hetian — see Hetian
Further reading[edit]
- “Ho-t'ien”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Ho-t'ien”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Ho-t'ien” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.