TSINGHAI

Meaning of TSINGHAI in English

Function: geographical name

― see QINGHAI

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TSINGHAI — geographical name see: Qinghai
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TSINGHAI — Chin. /ching"huy"/ , n. Older Spelling. Qinghai.
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TSINGHAI — — see Qinghai
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TSINGHAI
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QINGHAI — or Ch'ing-hai conventional Tsinghai Province (pop., 2000 est.: 5,180,000), west-central China. It is bordered by Gansu and Sichuan provinces and …
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TANGUT — (ˈ)tän|güt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Tangut, ancient region in northwestern China : a Tibetan especially …
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MONGUOR — ˈmänˌgwȯ(ə)r, -äŋˌ- noun ( plural monguor or monguors ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a sinicized group of Mongol peoples …
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DURBEN OIRAT — ˌdu̇rbənˈȯirət noun ( plural durben oirat or durben oirats ) Usage: usually capitalized D&O : a Mongol people found in …
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QINGHAI — /ching"huy"/ , n. Pinyin. a province in W central China. 2,140,000; 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). Cap.: Xining. Also, …
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YA-LUNG RIVER — WadeGiles romanization Ya-lung Chiang, Pinyin Yalong Jiang long secondary tributary of the Yangtze River in central and southern China. The …
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TURKIC PEOPLES — any of various peoples whose members speak languages belonging to the Turkic subfamily of the Altaic family of languages. They …
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TSAIDAM BASIN — Wade-Giles romanization Ch'ai-ta-mu P'en-ti, Pinyin Qaidam Pendi, northeastern section of the Plateau of Tibet, occupying the northern and western parts …
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TIBET, PLATEAU OF — also called Tibetan Highlands or Tsinghai-Tibet Plateau, Chinese (WadeGiles) Ch'ing-tsang Kao-yuan or (Pinyin)Qing Zang Gaoyuan vast, high plateau in Central …
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TIBET — Tibetan Bod, in full Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinese (WadeGiles) Hsi-tsang Tzu-chih-ch', or (Pinyin) Xizang Zizhiqu , historic region and autonomous …
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T'ANG-KU-LA MOUNTAINS — Wade-Giles romanization T'ang-ku-la Shan, Pinyin Tanggula Shan, mountain range in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, China. On the southeastern high plateau …
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SZECHWAN
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SINKIANG, UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION OF — Uygur also spelled Uighur, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Hsin-chiang Wei-wu-erh Tzu-chih-ch', (Pinyin) Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, autonomous region occupying the northwestern corner of …
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SINKIANG, UIGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION OF
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PAO-T'OU
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PANCHEN LAMA — any of the line of reincarnated lamas in Tibet, each of whom heads the influential Tashilhunpo Monastery (near Zhikatse) and …
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OYRAT — also spelled Oirat, any of the peoples speaking western dialects of the Mongol language group. In the 13th century the …
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MONGOL LANGUAGE — principal member of the Mongolian language group (a branch of the Altaic family), spoken by some 7 million people in …
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MONGOL — member of an Asiatic ethnographic group of closely related tribal peoples who live on the Mongolian Plateau and share a …
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MEKONG RIVER — The Irrawaddy and Mekong river basins and their drainage networks. Cambodian Mkngk, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Lan-ts'ang Chiang, or (Pinyin) Lancang Jiang, …
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LHASA — Wade-Giles romanization La-sa, Pinyin Lhasa capital of the Tibetan autonomous ch' (region) of the People's Republic of China. It is …
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LENG-HU — Pinyin Lenghu, town, northwestern Tsinghai sheng (province), western China. Leng-hu is situated in the northwestern part of the Tsaidam Basin, …
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LAN-CHOU — Pinyin Lanzhou, conventional Lanchow, city, capital of Kansu province (sheng), China. It is situated on the upper course of the …
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KANSU
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JO-ERH-KAI MARSH — Pinyin Zoig Zhaoze, large marsh lying mostly in north-central Szechwan sheng (province), China. It lies on the Tsinghai-Tibet plateau and …
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HSI-NING — Pinyin Xining, also spelled Sining city in Tsinghai Province (sheng), western interior of China. Hsi-ning is the provincial capital and …
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GOLMUD — Wade-Giles romanization Ko-erh-mu, town in central Tsinghai sheng (province), western China. Golmud is an important highway centre, standing at the …
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