Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Weihai.
In 1897, Germany gained control of the Ch’ing-tao area in Shantung; the following year, the British acquired the Wei-hai region also in Shantung; and the Russians acquired Ta-lien and Lu-shun in Liaotung.
2008, James Laxer, The Perils of Empire, Viking Canada, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 771 more example
In China Britain acquired no formal colonies or protectorates in addition to Hong Kong (annexed in 1842) but took spheres of interest in the basin of the Yangtze and around Canton, adjusted the frontier of Burma, and acquired the lease of the port of Wei-hai-wei (Wei-hai).
1968, David Kenneth Fieldhouse, “Commonwealth of Nations”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 6, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 179–180
Origin
- Mandarin威海
- EnglishWei-hai
From Mandarin 威海 (Wēihǎi) Wade–Giles romanization: Wei¹-hai³.
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