Heihsiatzu

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 黑瞎子島 / 黑瞎子岛 (Hēixiāzǐ Dǎo) Wade–Giles romanization: Hei¹-hsia¹-tzŭ³ Tao³.

Proper noun

Heihsiatzu

  1. Alternative form of Heixiazi.
    • 1969 April 21 [1969 April 18], “New Film Exposes Soviet Border Violations”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 76, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Communist China: International Affairs, page A 2:
      The Soviet revisionists dispatched fully armed troops to occupy by force the Chinese territory of Heihsiatzu Island and once again invaded the Chinese territory of Wupalao Island, Chilihsing Island, and other islands.
    • 2012, Stuart D. Goldman, “The Global Context”, in Nomonhan, 1939: The Red Army's Victory That Shaped World War II[1], Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:
      Heihsiatzu Island, the most strategically important of the Amur islands, is situated at the juncture of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers and screens Khabarovsk from Manchuria. Here too, the main channel had shifted from south to north of the island.³² Khabarovsk was the second largest city in the Soviet Far East and the administrative center of the Far Eastern Army. If the channel north and east of Heihsiatzu Island were recognized as the boundary, Japanese naval vessels would be within their rights to steam right up to the city’s docks and Japanese artillery on the island would have the ability to fire at point-blank range into the city.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Heihsiatzu.