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Tang-shan

Tang-shan is the alternative form of Tangshan.

Meaning of Tangshan

Proper noun

Tangshan

  1. A prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China.
    • At Tangshan, which is half a day by rail from Tangku, I was very kindly received by the engineer-in-chief of the railway and the mining companies and his wife. Tangshan is the northern terminus of the eighty-five miles of railway constructed and open to traffic.1889 December 2, W. Brereton, “ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH CHINA”, in The Mission Field, number CCCCVIII, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, →OCLC, page 451

Origin of Tang-shan

From Mandarin 唐山 (Tángshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻang²-shan¹.

Questions about Tang-shan

What is Tang-shan the alternative form of?
Tang-shan is the alternative form of Tangshan.

Words near Tang-shan in the dictionary

  1. tang buttons
  2. Tang dynasty
  3. tang hoon
  4. tang ping
  5. Tang Soo Do
  6. Tang-shan
  7. Tang-yang
  8. tanga
  9. tanga briefs
  10. Tangail District
  11. Tangalan

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