Harbinger vs Harbin - What's the difference?
harbinger | harbin |
A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
* Landor
(obsolete) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
A sub-provincial city in northeastern China; capital of Heilongjiang Province.
As nouns the difference between harbinger and harbin
is that harbinger is a person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something while harbin is a sub-provincial city in northeastern china; capital of heilongjiang province.As a verb harbinger
is to announce; to be a harbinger of.harbinger
English
Noun
(en noun)- I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
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Synonyms
* forewarning, herald, omen, premonition, sign, signal, prophetExternal links
*Synonyms
* heraldReferences
*See also
*bellwetherharbin
English
(wikipedia Harbin)Noun
(en proper noun)Synonyms
* Ha'erbin (based on pinyin)References
*Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo fen sheng dituji (Hanyu Pinyin ban) (Atlas of the People's Republic of China (Hanyu Pinyin edition)