Definitions for Harbin
ˈhɑrˈbɪnharbin

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1. Harbinnoun

   A sub-provincial city in northeastern China; capital of Heilongjiang Province.

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1. Harbin

   Harbin (; Manchu: ᡥᠠᡵᠪᡳᠨ, Möllendorff: Halbin; simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest city by metropolitan population (urban and rural together) in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties, and is the eighth most populous Chinese city according to the 2020 census. The built-up area of Harbin (which consists of all districts except Shuangcheng and Acheng) had 5,841,929 inhabitants, while the total metropolitan population was up to 10,009,854, making it one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. Harbin, whose name was originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets", grew from a small rural settlement on the Songhua River to become one of the largest cities in Northeast China. Founded in 1898 with the coming of the Chinese Eastern Railway, the city first prospered as a region inhabited by an overwhelming majority of immigrants from the Russian Empire. In the 1920s, the city was considered China's fashion capital since new designs from Paris and Moscow reached here first before arriving in Shanghai. From 1932 until 1945, Harbin was the largest city in the Imperial Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. Known for its bitterly cold winters, Harbin is heralded as the Ice City (冰城) for its winter tourism and recreations. Harbin is notable for its ice sculpture festival in the winter. Being well known for its historical Russian legacy and architecture—the city is famed for its European influence, and serves as an important gateway in Sino-Russian trade today. Harbin serves as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications hub in Northeast China, as well as an important industrial base of the nation. The city was voted "China Top Tourist City" by the China National Tourism Administration in 2004.Harbin is one of the top 100 cities and metropolitan areas in the world by scientific research output as tracked by the Nature Index. The city hosts several major universities in Northeast China, including Harbin Engineering, Harbin Medical, Northeast Agricultural, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin Normal, Northeast Forestry, and Heilongjiang. Notably, Harbin Institute of Technology is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in the world for engineering.

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1. Harbin

   Harbin Chinese: 哈尔滨; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn; Manchu language:, Harbin; is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang province in Northeast China, as well as the tenth most populous city nationally. According to the 2010 census, the city's urban area has 5,878,939 inhabitants, while the total population of the sub-provincial city is up to 10,635,971. Harbin serves as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications hub in the northeast. Harbin, which is originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets", grew from a small rural settlement on the Songhua River to become one of the largest cities in the northeast. Founded by Russia in 1898 with the coming of the Trans-Manchurian Railway, today known as the Chinese Eastern Railway, the city first prospered as a region inhabited by an overwhelming majority of the Jewish immigrants. It is known for its bitterly cold winters and is often called the "Ice City." Harbin is notable for its beautiful ice sculptures in winter and its Russian legacy, and it still plays an important part in Sino-Russian trade today. In the 1920s, the city was considered China's fashion capital since new designs from Paris and Moscow reached there first before arriving in Shanghai. In 2010, Harbin was declared a UNESCO "City of Music".

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1. HARBIN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Harbin is ranked #4130 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Harbin surname appeared 8,587 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Harbin.
   
   79.7% or 6,848 total occurrences were White.
   15.4% or 1,323 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 169 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 160 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 47 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 40 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harbin in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harbin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Harbin in a Sentence

1. Chris Stringer:

   The Harbin skull is the most important fossil I've seen in 50 years. It shows how important East Asia and China is in telling the human story.

2. Christopher Stringer:

   These methods were applied to 95 representative fossils and over 600 metrical and morphological traits, and the analyses revealed 3 main clades of later Pleistocene humans: H. sapiens, H. neanderthalensis and a group containing Harbin and other Chinese fossils such as Dali, Jinniushan and Xiahe.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Harbin
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Harbin
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html