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Ch'ang-sha

Ch'ang-sha is the alternative form of Changsha.

Meaning of Changsha

Proper noun

Changsha

  1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hunan, in south-central China.
    • Changxa commands over eleven Cities, as Changxa, Siangtan, Siangin, Ninghiang, Lieuyang, Liling, Jeyang, Sianghang, Xeu, Ganhoa, Chaling.[1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of...
  2. A county of Changsha, Hunan, China.
  3. (historical) A former island in the Yangtze estuary in eastern China, now part of Chongming Island.
  4. A town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China.
  5. A township in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China.
  6. A village in Huangqi, Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Origin of Ch'ang-sha

From Mandarin 長沙 (Chángshā), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻang²-sha¹.

Questions about Ch'ang-sha

What is Ch'ang-sha the alternative form of?
Ch'ang-sha is the alternative form of Changsha.

Words near Ch'ang-sha in the dictionary

  1. Ch'ang-an
  2. Ch'ang-ch'un
  3. Ch'ang-chih
  4. Ch'ang-chou
  5. Ch'ang-pai
  6. Ch'ang-sha
  7. Ch'ang-t'ai
  8. Ch'ang-te
  9. Ch'ang-tzu
  10. Ch'ang-yang
  11. Ch'anism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ch'ang-sha (page history and authors); Changsha (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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