Jehol

English

Alternative forms
  • (obsolete): Je-ho, Je-ho-eul, Jee-ho, Zehol, Zhe-hol

Etymology

From French Geho-eul, an early transcription of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 熱河 (Rèhé, “Chengde, Rehe, Hot Creek”) and 兒 (ér, “a common noun marker in northern Chinese dialects”).

Proper noun

Jehol

  1. (historical geography) A former name of Chengde, China.
  2. (historical geography) A former Chinese province around Chengde.
  3. (geography) Synonym of Yin Mountains.
  4. (geography) Synonym of Rehe, a river near Chengde.
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