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Anshan

Syllables: An·shan

Anshan proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.

Proper noun (1)

Anshan

  1. A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
    • South Manchuria Railway Co., Peking, China, perfecting plans for early construction new steel mill Anshan, Manchuria, for manufacture steel bars black sheets, railway sleepers, steel poles, and other iron and steel products used railroad construction and operation.1928 August 23, “Foreign”, in The Iron Age, volume 122, number 8, New York, page 508, column 3
    • It appears a foregone conclusion that the National Government will take Harbin as soon as the Generalissimo gives the nod. Also, as the new 6th Army, one of the corps d'élite of Chinese forces, is now stationed in and around Anshan, a move on Antung appears likely and may have already begun.1946 September 27, John Leighton Stuart, The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State (Foreign Relations of the United States 1946), Government Printing Office, page 235

Proper noun (2)

Anshan

  1. An ancient Elamite and later Achaemenid Persian city in modern-day Iran.

Anshan meaning in Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

Anshan in Arabic

a prefecture-level city in northeastern China
آنْشَان ʔānšān, أَنْشَان ʔanšān

Anshan in Persian

a prefecture-level city in northeastern China
آنشان ânšân
ancient city
انشان anšân

Anshan in Vietnamese

a prefecture-level city in northeastern China
An Sơn

Examples of Anshan in a sentence

  • Nearly all the iron and steel enterprises were set up in the cities of Anshan, Penki, Talien, Tientsin and Shanghai, within 100 kilometres of the sea.1964, 任育地 [Jen Yu-ti], 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 52:
  • Studies found such women represented 60 percent of inmates in one prison in Anshan, Liaoning Province, and 80 percent of women serving heavy sentences in a prison in Fuzhou, Fujian Province.2014 June 24, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Death Penalty Overturned for Wife Who Killed Abuser”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Forms of Anshan

alternative formAn-shan
alternative formAnzan

Origin of Anshan

From Mandarin 鞍山 (Ānshān).

Words that rhyme with Anshan

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Questions about Anshan

What does Anshan mean?
Anshan means a prefecture-level city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
What is Anshan in Arabic?
Anshan in Arabic is آنْشَان (ʔānšān), أَنْشَان (ʔanšān). See Anshan meaning in Arabic.
How do you use Anshan in a sentence?
Nearly all the iron and steel enterprises were set up in the cities of Anshan, Penki, Talien, Tientsin and Shanghai, within 100 kilometres of the sea.
What part of speech is Anshan?
Anshan is a proper noun.

Words near Anshan in the dictionary

  1. anserine
  2. anserines
  3. ansermetite
  4. anserous
  5. Ansh
  6. Anshan
  7. Anshar
  8. Anshu
  9. Anshul
  10. Anshuman
  11. Anshun

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