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Kinsha Kiang

Kinsha 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 Kinsha Kiang

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

Questions about Kinsha Kiang

What is Kinsha Kiang the alternative form of?
Kinsha Kiang is the alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.

Words near Kinsha Kiang in the dictionary

  1. Kinsey scale
  2. Kinseyan
  3. kinsfolk
  4. kinsfolks
  5. Kinsha
  6. Kinsha Kiang
  7. Kinshakiang
  8. Kinshasa
  9. Kinshasan
  10. Kinshasans
  11. kinship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kinsha 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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