Hure

H4U1R1E1

proper noun

A banner (a type of administrative division) in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A banner (a type of administrative division) in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.

    The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian.

    2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “literature”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 337, column 2
    1 more example

    Situated to the east of the Inner Mongolian region, the Jirem League was the birthplace of the Qidan people in the 4th century AD, and was also a central region of the Liao Dynasty during the 10th-12th centuries. The people of the area enjoyed not only a high standard of living but a rich culture as well. The tomb mural paintings from the Qianwulibuge village in Hure Banner, Jirem League, are a typical example.

    1987 June 29, “Mural Paintings On Display in Beijing”, in Beijing Review, volume 30, number 26, →ISSN, →OCLC, Culture/Science, page 29, columns 2–3

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 庫倫 /库伦
  • 庫倫 /库伦 (Kùlún)banner
Japanese フレー
  • フレー (Hurē)banner

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