KAO-HSIUNG

Meaning of KAO-HSIUNG in English

geographical name city & port SW Taiwan population 1,405,860

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

KAO-HSIUNG — Japanese Takao, shih (municipality) and major international port in southwestern Taiwan, with an area of 59 square miles (154 square …
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KAO-HSIUNG — Port city (pop., 2002 est.: 1,504,061), southwestern Taiwan. It is Taiwan's leading port and a major industrial centre. Settled late …
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KAO-HSIUNG — geographical name city & port SW Taiwan population 1,405,860
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KAO-HSIUNG — Pronunciation: ' kau ̇ - ' shyu ̇ ŋ , ' gau ̇ - Function: geographical name city & port …
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KAO-HSIUNG — Port city (pop., 2002 est.: 1,504,061), southwestern Taiwan. It is Taiwan's leading port and a major industrial centre. Settled late …
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KAO — Airport Name : Kuusamo Airport Airport Location : Kuusamo, Finland IATA Code : KAO ICAO Code : EFKS
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KAO — Kuiper Airborne Observatory
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KAO-CHÜ-LI — |kau̇chə|lē noun ( plural kao-chü-li ) Usage: usually capitalized : a people of probable Tungusic affinities inhabiting the Yalu river …
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HSIUNG-NU — shēˈu̇ŋˈnü noun ( plural hsiung-nu ) Usage: usually capitalized H&N Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) hsiung 1 nu 2 , from hsiung …
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YANG HSIUNG — born c. 53 BC, near Ch'eng-tu, Szechwan Province, China died AD 18, , Ch'ang-an, now Sian, Shensi Province Pinyin Yang …
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TAIWAN STRAIT — also called Formosa Strait, Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ai-wan Hai-hsia, or (Pinyin) Taiwan Haixia, arm of the Pacific Ocean, 100 miles (160 …
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T'AI-TUNG — hsien (county), southeastern Taiwan. It is bordered by the hsiens of Hua-lien (north) and Kao-hsiung and P'ing-tung (southwest) and by …
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T'AI-NAN — hsien (county), southwestern Taiwan, with an area of 778 square miles (2,016 square km). It is bordered by Chia-i hsien …
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P'ING-TUNG — southernmost hsien (county) of Taiwan. It is bordered by Kao-hsiung hsien (northwest), T'ai-tung hsien (northeast), and by the Luzon Strait …
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KAO-TSUNG
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KAO-TSU — born 256 BC, China died 195 BC, China Pinyin Gao Zu (temple name, or miao-hao), personal name (hsing-ming) Liu Pang, …
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KAO-HOU
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KAO NINGA — flourished 14th century, , Japan artist who painted some of the earliest Japanese suiboku worksa Chinese-inspired style of monochromatic ink …
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KAO MING — born c. 1305, Yungchia , China died c. 1370, Ning-hai, Chekiang province Pinyin Gao Ming, courtesy name (tzu) Kao Tse-ch'eng …
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KAO CH'I-P'EI — born 1672, Liao-yang, Manchuria died 1734 Pinyin Gao Qipei one of the few Chinese landscape painters to be technically innovativeusing …
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HSIUNG-NU — Pinyin Xiongnu nomadic pastoral people who at the end of the 3rd century BC formed a great tribal league that …
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HSIUNG SHIH-LI — born 1885?, Huang-kang, Hupeh province, China died 1968, Peking Pinyin Xiong Shili one of the outstanding figures of 20th-century Chinese …
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FENG-SHAN — formerly Kao-hsiung Hsien, shih (municipality) and seat of Kao-hsiung hsien (county), southwestern Taiwan, situated about 5 miles (8 km) east …
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CHAO KAO — born , Chao died 207 BC, China Pinyin Zhao Gao Chinese eunuch who conspired to seize power on the death …
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AN-P'ING — town, seaport, and district of T'ai-nan shih (municipality), southwestern Taiwan, the traditional outport for T'ai-nan. It is the oldest Chinese …
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XIONGNU — or Hsiung-nu Nomadic pastoral people of Central Asia. The Xiongnu at the end of the 3rd century BC formed a …
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NUN — I or Nu Oldest of the Egyptian gods and father of Re , the sun god. Nun represented the dark, …
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TI — I. ˈtē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Tahitian, Marquesan, Samoan, & Maori 1. or ki ˈkē : any of several …
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YÜEH-P'AN — ˈ-pän noun ( plural yueh-p'an ) Usage: usually capitalized Y : a division of the Hsiung-Nu held to be ancestors …
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JUNG — ˈjüŋ noun ( plural jung or jungs ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : an ancient Tatar people of northwest China …
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HU — ˈhü noun ( plural hu or hus ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) hu 2 , literally, dewlap of …
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RAILROAD — mode of land transportation in which flange-wheeled vehicles move over two parallel steel rails, or tracks, either by self-propulsion or …
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ERH-HU — Pinyin Erhu, also called Nan-hu, Chinese vertical fiddle, consisting of two strings, commonly tuned a fifth apart, which are stretched …
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DIPLOMACY — the established method of international discourse or the art of managing international relations, chiefly by negotiation. Historically, it meant the …
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YUEH-CHIH — Pinyin Yuezhi, also called Indo-scyth, ancient people who ruled in Bactria and India from about 128 BC to about AD …
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YUEH FEI
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: TRANSPORTATION — AVIATION The economic recovery of the world airline industry from its worst-ever period of losses continued, with the 250-member International …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: COMPUTERS-AND-INFO-SYSTEMS
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: PERFORMING-ARTS: THEATRE
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YE SHENGTAO — born Oct. 28, 1894, Su-chou, Kiangsu province, China died Feb. 16, 1988, Peking Wade-Giles romanization Yeh Sheng-t'ao, pseudonym of Ye …
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WU-TI — born 156 BC died March 29, 87/86 BC Pinyin Wudi, original name Liu Ch'e autocratic Chinese emperor (141/14087/86 BC), who …
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WU HOU — born AD 625 died Dec. 16, 705 Pinyin Wu Hou (posthumous name, or shih), original name (WadeGiles romanization) Wu Chao, …
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WEN-TI — born 541, China died 604, China Pinyin Wendi(posthumous name, or shih), temple name (miao-hao) (sui) Kao Tsu, personal name (hsing-ming) …
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TURFAN — Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'u-lu-p'an, or (Pinyin) Turpan, city in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China. It lies about 95 miles …
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T'ANG DYNASTY — Pinyin Tang (618907), Chinese dynasty that succeeded the short-lived Sui dynasty and developed a successful form of government and administration …
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T'AI-TSUNG — born 600, China died 649, China Pinyin Taizong (temple name, or miao-hao), personal name (hsing-ming) Li Shih-min Chinese ruler, the …
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SUNG DYNASTY — Pinyin Song (9601279), Chinese dynasty that ruled the country (only in the south after 1127) during one of its most …
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LIU YAN — died 310, China Pinyin Liu Yuan Hsiung-nu invader who took the title of king of Han in 304. Liu's invasion …
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LI SSU — born 280 BC?, Ch'u state, central China died 208 BC, Hsien-yang Pinyin Li Si Chinese statesman who utilized the ruthless …
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HSIAO HO — born , P'ei-hsien, Kiangsu province, China died 193 BC Pinyin Xiao He adviser who helped Liu Pang establish the Han …
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FUKIEN — Wade-Giles romanization Fu-chien, Pinyin Fujian, sheng (province), in the People's Republic of China. It is located along China's southeast coast, …
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FIVE DYNASTIES — in Chinese history, period of time between the fall of the T'ang dynasty (ad 907) and the founding of the …
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DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER — WadeGiles romanization Hung Lou Meng, Pinyin Hong Lou Meng, novel written by Ts'ao Chan (1715?63), generally considered to be the …
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CHUNG-YANG RANGE — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Chung-yang Shan-mo, English Central Range mountain group, eastern Taiwan. It trends north-south and consists of three main ranges …
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CHIN DYNASTY — Pinyin Jin, Chinese dynasty that comprises two distinct phases-the Western Chin, ruling China from Ad 265 to 317, and the …
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CHAO-CH'ING — also called Kao-yao, Pinyin Zhaoqing, or Gaoyao, city in western Kwangtung sheng (province), China. Chao-ch'ing lies on the north bank …
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