Zhangjiakou

Proper noun

Zhangjiakou

1. A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
   • Sure of his superiority, Chiang launched a countrywide offensive to establish his supremacy. In October, his troops occupied the important North China city of Changchiakou (Kalgan) and a number of other cities evacuated by the People's Liberation Army in accordance with its strategy of not holding...[1977, Jack Chen, “The Kuomintang's Last Gamble”, in The Sinkiang Story, New York; London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253
   • A steady snow was falling in the morning at Zhangjiakou, and overcast skies threatened snow flurries in Yanqing and Beijing.2022 February 11, Remy Tumin, “A Beijing Games first: Real snow in Zhangjiakou.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2022

   Synonyms:

   Kalgan