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tiankeng

tiankeng noun: a large sinkhole of a kind found mainly in China.

Noun

tiankeng (plural tiankengs or tiankeng)

  1. A large sinkhole of a kind found mainly in China.

Forms of tiankeng

pluraltiankengs
pluraltiankeng

Origin of tiankeng

Borrowed from Mandarin 天坑 (tiānkēng).

Questions about tiankeng

What does tiankeng mean?
Tiankeng means a large sinkhole of a kind found mainly in China.
What part of speech is tiankeng?
Tiankeng is a noun.
What is the plural of tiankeng?
The plural of tiankeng is tiankengs.

Words near tiankeng in the dictionary

  1. Tianjin
  2. Tianjin preserved vegetable
  3. Tianjinese
  4. Tianjing
  5. Tianjun
  6. tiankeng
  7. tiankengs
  8. Tianliao
  9. Tianmen
  10. tianmian sauce
  11. Tianna

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