Tsing-hai

Proper noun

Qinghai

1. A province in northwestern China. Capital: Xining.
   • In Qinghai (Chinghai) Province, 300 schools in six xian surrounding the provincial capital, Xi’ning^([sic – meaning Xining]) (Sining), had 10,000 students in 1964. Part-work schools in the province enabled 8 per cent of the age-group to attend school, including some go per cent of those children...1970, R. F. Price, “Part-time schools and classes”, in Brian Holmes, editor, Education in Communist China (World education series), New York; Washington: Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 215
2. A large lake in Qinghai province, the largest in China.

   Synonyms:

   Qinghai Lake, Amdo, Koko Nor, Koko-nur, Kokonor