White Dogs

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 白犬

Proper noun

White Dogs

  1. Former name of Juguang.
    • 1875 April 1, “Clippings”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette‎, volume XIV, number 412, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 317, column 2:
      The steamer Fu-yew, Captain Croad, left Hongkong on the 26th ulto. at 11:30 a.m. Arrived at Shanghai on the 31st. Had thick foggy weather from Hongkong to the White Dogs ; thence to Namki, strong N.E. and lightning.
    • 1959 July 20, “U.S. Plane Accused Of Air Violation”, in The Cumberland News‎, volume 21, number 239, Cumberland, Maryland, sourced from Tokyo (AP), page 1, column 8:
      Peiping radio said a U.S. Navy aircraft violated Chinese Communist air space over Pingtan and White Dog islands off the coastal province of Fukien Sunday and added that a Red foreign ministry spokesman was "authorized to issue its 58th serious warning against the intrusion."
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