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Hun-chun
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Hunchun Hun-ch'un
English
Etymology
From en cmn 琿春, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hun²-chʻun¹.
Proper noun
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en Hunchun.
en 1898 Isabella Bishop Isabella Bird The Korean Frontier Korea & Her Neighbours: A Narrative of Travel, with an Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and present position of the Country https://archive.org/details/koreaherneighbou0002bird/ II London John Murray 1152706338 19 https://archive.org/details/koreaherneighbou0002bird/page/19/ A few days later I went to Hun-chun on the frontier of Chinese Manchuria, from its position an important military post, and was most hospitably received by the Commandant and his married aide-de-camp. There, as everywhere in Primorsk, and from the civil as well as the military authorities, I not only received the utmost kindness, courtesy, and hospitality, but information was frankly given on the various topics I was interested in, and help towards the attainment of my objects. Hun-chun is in the midst of mountainous country, denuded of wood in recent years, and abounding in rich, well-watered valleys inhabited only by Koreans. A wilder, drearier, and more wind-swept situation it would be hard to find.
en October 8, 1920 Japanese Troops Sent to Hun-chun w:The Christian Science Monitor XII 274 https://archive.org/details/per_christian-science-monitor_1920-10-08_12_274/ Boston The Christian Science Monitor Washington News Office, Washington, District of Columbia 0882-7729 1554488 1 https://archive.org/details/per_christian-science-monitor_1920-10-08_12_274/ 2 Japanese troops have been sent to Hun-chun, Kirin province, China, to protect Japanese interests there, as the result of an attack upon the Japanese consulate by 400 bandits, mainly Chinese and Koreans, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Japanese Embassy.