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Kin-sha-kiang

Kin-sha-kiang is the alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.

Meaning of Jinsha Jiang

Proper noun

Jinsha Jiang

  1. Synonym of Jinsha, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China.
    • Yibin, known as the First Port on the Yangzi, is a small city at the point where the Min Jiang and Jinsha Jiang join to form the Yangzi River.1988, K. Mark Stevens, George E. Wehrfritz, “Sichuan”, in Paddy Booz, editor, Southwest China: Off the Beaten Track, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 199
    Synonyms:
    Jinsha

Origin of Kin-sha-kiang

From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of 金沙江 (Jīnshājiāng).

Questions about Kin-sha-kiang

What is Kin-sha-kiang the alternative form of?
Kin-sha-kiang is the alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.

Words near Kin-sha-kiang in the dictionary

  1. kin-ball
  2. kin-keeper
  3. kin-keepers
  4. Kin-sha
  5. Kin-sha Kiang
  6. Kin-sha-kiang
  7. Kin-tcheou
  8. kina
  9. Kinabalu
  10. Kinabatangan
  11. kinaestheses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kin-sha-kiang (page history and authors); Jinsha Jiang (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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