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Harbin

[hahr-bin]

noun Pinyin.

a city in and the capital of Heilongjiang province, in NE China. 2,000,000.

Formerly, Pinkiang.

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noun Pinyin.

a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 21,390,000; 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.

Also, Older Spelling, Hei·lung·kiang

[hey-loong-gyahng] .

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Harbin (hɑːˈbiːn, -ˈbɪn)

—n
	Also called: Ha-erh-pin a city in NE China, capital of Heilongjiang province on the Songhua River: founded by the Russians in 1897; centre of tsarist activities after the October Revolution in Russia (1917). Pop: 2 989 000 (2005 est)

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