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Chahar

Chahar proper noun: a former province of China, now mostly part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Proper noun

Chahar

  1. (historical) A former province of China, now mostly part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
    • Chiang’s foreign office in Nanking denied that there were any provincial troops in the disputed area; there were only a few militia. At any rate, Nanking replied, the territory in question was part of the Kuyuan district, and Kuyuan was in Chahar, and Chahar was Chinese territory, so what were the...1938, Robert Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 198
    • The border-area government resembled a provincial administration. It was headed by a six-man Border Region Administrative Committee with Sung Shao-wen as Chairman and Hu Jen-k'uei as Vice-Chairman. The other four committeemen were Nieh Jung-chen, Communist Party representative and local military...1962, Chalmers A. Johnson, Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power: The Emergence of Revolutionary China 1937-1945, Stanford University Press, page 101

Examples of Chahar in a sentence

  • At any rate, Nanking replied, the territory in question was part of the Kuyuan district, and Kuyuan was in Chahar, and Chahar was Chinese territory, so what were the Japanese complaining about?1938, Robert Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 198:
  • By its terms, Central Government troops were expelled from the provinces of Hebei and Chahar.2005, Israel Epstein, History Should Not be Forgotten, Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, page 19:

Origin of Chahar

Borrowed from Manchu ᠴᠠᡥᠠᡵ (cahar), from Classical Mongolian ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ (čaqar).

Phrases with Chahar

Questions about Chahar

What does Chahar mean?
Chahar means a former province of China, now mostly part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
How do you use Chahar in a sentence?
At any rate, Nanking replied, the territory in question was part of the Kuyuan district, and Kuyuan was in Chahar, and Chahar was Chinese territory, so what were the Japanese complaining about?
What part of speech is Chahar?
Chahar is a proper noun.

Words near Chahar in the dictionary

  1. chaguars
  2. chagul
  3. chaguls
  4. Chahal
  5. Chahals
  6. Chahar
  7. Chahar Shanbe Suri
  8. chaharbagh
  9. chaharbaghs
  10. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
  11. Chaharshanbe Suri

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