Haimen

See also: Hǎimén

English

Alternative forms

• Hai-men (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 海門／海门 (Hǎimén, literally “sea gate”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīʹmǔnʹ

Proper noun

Haimen

1. A district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; former county-level city and county of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
   • 1926, Paul Vidal de La Blache, translated by Millicent Todd Bingham, Principles of Human Geography‎^[1], London: Constable Publishers, published 1959, →OCLC, page 76:

     At the mouth of the Yangtze, population-density on the island of Tsungming and the peninsula Haimen reaches an exaggerated figure, the one of 1475, the other of 700 inhabitants per square kilometre.

   • 1939 February 17, “JAPANESE TO SEIZE NEW COASTAL AREA; Foreign Shipping Is Warned of Move to Tighten Blockade South of Shanghai FRENCH IN HANKOW CLASH Gunboat to Aid Americans at Kuling--Invaders Shifting North in Guerrilla Fight”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 October 2023, page 13‎^[3]:

     Japanese authorities served notice today that they intended to land troops at Haimen, 200 miles down the coast from Shanghai, later tomorrow in a new move to tighten the China coast blockade.

   • 2023 April 4, Crispian Balmer, “Vatican says China has unilaterally appointed bishop to Shanghai”, in Raissa Kasolowsky, Jonathan Oatis, editors, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on April 05, 2023, World‎^[5]:

     The Holy See was informed "a few days ago" of the decision by China to transfer Bishop Shen Bin from Haimen, in the Jiangsu province, to the diocese of Shanghai, the Vatican said.

Translations

district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; former county-level city and county of Jiangsu, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海門／海门 (zh) (Hǎimén)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Haimen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1214, column 3

Anagrams

• Heiman, haemin, hemina