Boli

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.
   • 2017, Lubina, Michał, “China's Appendix? The Russian Far East”, in Russia and China: A political marriage of convenience - stable and successful‎, Barbara Budrich Publishers, DOI:10.3224/84742045, →ISBN, OCLC 965760845, 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, Zatsepine, Victor, Beyond the Amur: Frontier Encounters between China and Russia, 1850-1930‎, →ISBN, OCLC 988388454, page :

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

     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