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Changkiakow

Changkiakow is the alternative form of Zhangjiakou.

Meaning of Zhangjiakou

Proper noun

Zhangjiakou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
    • Sure of his superiority, Chiang launched a countrywide offensive to establish his supremacy. In October, his troops occupied the important North China city of Changchiakou (Kalgan) and a number of other cities evacuated by the People's Liberation Army in accordance with its strategy of not holding...[1977, Jack Chen, “The Kuomintang's Last Gamble”, in The Sinkiang Story, New York; London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253
    Synonyms:
    Kalgan

Questions about Changkiakow

What is Changkiakow the alternative form of?
Changkiakow is the alternative form of Zhangjiakou.

Words near Changkiakow in the dictionary

  1. changings of the guard
  2. changings of the guards
  3. Changji
  4. Changjiang
  5. Changjin
  6. Changkiakow
  7. changkol
  8. changkols
  9. Changkufeng
  10. changkul
  11. changkuls

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