QILIAN SHAN

Meaning of QILIAN SHAN in English

/chee"lyahn" shahn"/ , Pinyin.

a mountain range in W China, bordered between Qinghai and Gansu provinces.

Also, Chilien Shan . Formerly, Nan Shan .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SHAN — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Burmese Shàn Date: 1795 a member of a people living primarily in Myanmar and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHAN — I Shan Tai Any member of a Southeast Asian people who live primarily in eastern and northwestern Myanmar (Burma) and …
Английский словарь Британика
SHAN — ˈshän, ˈshan noun ( plural shan or shans ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a group of Mongoloid peoples …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAN — /shahn, shan/ , n. , pl. Shans , ( esp. collectively ) Shan . 1. a group of Mongoloid tribes …
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SHAN — n. Tai long, branch of Tai languages; people that lives in northeast Myanmar and in areas in the vicinity of …
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SHAN — n. member of a people that lives in northeast Myanmar and in areas in the vicinity of China and Thailand …
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SHAN — noun ( plural Shan or Shans ) Etymology: Burmese Shàn Date: 1795 1. : a member of a people living …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAN — [ ʃα:n ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of a people living mainly in …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHAN — [Shan] n, pl Shan or Shans (1795) 1: a member of a people living primarily in Myanmar and southern China …
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SHAN — Shan Tai Southeast Asian people who live primarily in eastern and northwestern Myanmar (Burma) and also in Yunnan province, China. …
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SHAN — Shan BrE AmE ʃɑːn —for the people and language, also ʃæn ▷ Shans ʃɑːnz ʃænz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHAN — n. An shan Shan tung Shan hsi Altay Shan Hung shan culture Lung shan culture Lu Hsiang shan Mao Shan …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHAN — n. Shan Tai Any member of a Southeast Asian people who live primarily in eastern and northwestern Myanmar (Burma) and …
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SHAN — Adj. Embarrassed.
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SHAN — Шаны
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SHAN-JEN — ˈshänˈrən noun ( plural shan-jen or shan-jens ) Usage: usually capitalized S&J Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) shan 1 jen 2 , …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIEN SHAN — The Tien Shan mountain range and the Takla Makan Desert. Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ien Shan, or (Pinyin) Tian Shan, Russian Tyan …
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T'ANG-SHAN — Pinyin Tangshan, industrial city in eastern Hopeh sheng (province), China. Originally, T'ang-shan was a small hamlet dependent upon nearby K'ai-p'ing …
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SHAN-HAI-KUAN — Pinyin Shanhaiguan, town in eastern Hopeh sheng (province), China. It lies on the coast of the Po Hai (Gulf of …
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SHAN LANGUAGE — Shan Tai language spoken in the northern and eastern states of Myanmar (Burma) and belonging to the Southwestern group of …
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MA-AN-SHAN — Pinyin Ma'anshan, new city and industrial centre in southeastern Anhwei sheng (province). Ma-an-shan is situated on the south bank of …
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FO-SHAN — Pinyin Foshan, city in central Kwangtung sheng (province), China. Fo-shan itself is situated in the delta 10 miles (16 km) …
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CHOU-SHAN ARCHIPELAGO — Chinese Chou-shan Ch'n-tao, Pinyin Zhoushan Qundaoconventional Chusan Archipelago group of more than 400 islands off the northern coast of Chekiang …
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CH'I JU-SHAN — born Dec. 23, 1876, Kao-yang, Hopeh Province, China died March 18, 1962, Taiwan playwright and scholar who revived interest in …
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AN-SHAN — Pinyin Anshan, city in central Liaoning sheng (province), China. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Shen-yang (Mukden). …
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KOKO NOR — Chinese Qinghai Hu or Ch'ing-hai Hu Lake, Qinghai province, China. The largest drainless mountain lake of Central Asia, it is …
Английский словарь Британика
NAN SHAN — /nahn" shahn"/ Pinyin, Wade-Giles. former name of Qilian Shan .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHILIEN SHAN — Chin. /chee"lyen" shahn"/ , Wade-Giles. See Qilian Shan .
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TZU-PO — also called Chang-tien, Pinyin Zibo, or Zhangdian industrial city and municipality (shih), central Shantung Province (sheng), China. The core of …
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TAI — also spelled Dai, peoples of mainland Southeast Asia, including the Thai, or Siamese (in central and southern Thailand), the Lao …
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T'AI, MOUNT — WadeGiles T'ai Shan, also called Yu-huang Shan, Pinyin Tai Shan or Yuhuang Shan principal peak of the range of the …
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MYANMAR, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a red field (background) with a blue canton bearing, in white, a circle of stars, a …
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LIU-P'AN MOUNTAINS
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HAN RIVER — WadeGiles romanization Han Shui, Pinyin Han Shui, one of the most important tributaries of the Yangtze River of China. It …
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CH'IN-HUANG-TAO — Pinyin Qinhuangdao, seaport city lying in the east of Hopeh sheng (province), China, on the Liao-tung Gulf. Ch'in-huang-tao is situated …
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CH'I-LIEN MOUNTAINS — Wade-Giles romanization Ch'i-lien Shan, Pinyin Qilian Shan, rugged mountain range on the border of Tsinghai and Kansu provinces, west central …
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KOKO NOR — Chinese Qinghai Hu or Ch'ing-hai Hu Lake, Qinghai province, China. The largest drainless mountain lake of Central Asia, it is …
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