Morin Dawa

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Morin Dawa

  1. A Daur autonomous banner in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
    • 2009, Colin Legerton, Jacob Rawson, “Hunters of the Hinterlands: The Oroqen, Daur, Ewenki, and Hezhen”, in Invisible China: A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands‎[1], Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 24:
      The Daur are the primary minority and namesake of the Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous County, though they are still outnumbered by the Han eight-to-one countywide. While Morin Dawa primarily consists of these two ethnic groups, Dular and several smaller neighboring villages boast a thriving Ewenki community.
    • 2021 July 19, David Stanway, “Two dams in China's Inner Mongolia collapse after torrential rain”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters‎[2], archived from the original on 19 July 2021, China‎[3]:
      The ministry said that on average, 87 millimetres of rain fell in Hulunbuir over the weekend and as much as 223 millimetres at the Morin Dawa monitoring station.

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Further reading

  • Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Pusi or Pu-hsi [translating 布西]”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1535, column 1: “Pusi or Pu-hsi (bo͞o′shē′), […]”
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