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Tangshan

Syllables: Tang·shan/tæŋˈʃæn/

Tangshan proper noun: a prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China.

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
    • The freight traffic of the Peking-Mukden Line has steadily increased, and the demand for rolling stock has been so great, due largely to the heavy traffic in coal between Tangshan and Tongho, that recommendations have been made for the addition of two hundred 30-ton coal cars, one hundred 30-ton...1915 November 11, Fred D. Fisher, “TIENTSIN”, in Supplement to Commerce Reports, number 52j, →OCLC, page 18

Tangshan meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

Tangshan in Arabic

prefecture-level city in northern China
تَانْغْشَان tanḡšān, تَانْجْشَان tangšān

Tangshan in Vietnamese

prefecture-level city in northern China
Đường Sơn

Examples of Tangshan in a sentence

  • It is also proposed to extend the railway slope at Tangshan.1915 November 11, Fred D. Fisher, “TIENTSIN”, in Supplement to Commerce Reports, number 52j, →OCLC, page 18:
  • The Chinese also raided Tangshan and Chinwangtao, the mining center and port in this long Japanese-dominated part of the country.1938 August, Lin Yu, “"The China Incident"”, in Philippine Magazine, volume XXXV, number 8 (364), →OCLC, page 388:

Forms of Tangshan

alternative formT'ang-shan
alternative formTang-shan

Origin of Tangshan

From Mandarin 唐山 (Tángshān).

Questions about Tangshan

What does Tangshan mean?
Tangshan means a prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China.
What is Tangshan in Arabic?
Tangshan in Arabic is تَانْغْشَان (tanḡšān), تَانْجْشَان (tangšān). See Tangshan meaning in Arabic.
How do you use Tangshan in a sentence?
It is also proposed to extend the railway slope at Tangshan.
What part of speech is Tangshan?
Tangshan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tangshan?
Tangshan is pronounced /tæŋˈʃæn/.

Words near Tangshan in the dictionary

  1. tangos
  2. tangram
  3. tangrams
  4. tangs
  5. Tangsa
  6. Tangshan
  7. Tangsibji
  8. tangsuyuk
  9. Tanguay
  10. Tangub
  11. tanguile

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