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Zhongshan Station

Zhongshan Station proper noun: a research station in Antarctica.

Proper noun

Zhongshan Station

  1. A research station in Antarctica.
    • The station will be named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen, as “Zhongshan Station”.[…]
    • He also took the opportunity to welcome compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Overseas Chinese as well as scientists from friendly countries, to conduct research at the “Great Wall Station” and the future “Zhongshan Station.”1988 August 25, “2d Antarctic Station Planned”, in Daily Report: China, number 165, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2

Examples of Zhongshan Station in a sentence

  • China will bear the brunt of the logistical work, hauling supplies, equipment and people over land from its Zhongshan station on the Amery Ice Shelf.2008 February 19, Dennis Overbye, “Long Nights, 90 Below. What More Could Astronomers Want?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
  • The Chinese 25th Antarctic expedition team left Zhongshan Station Thursday for the highest icecap on the South Pole to set up the country’s first inland Antarctic research station.2008 December 18, “PRESS DIGEST - China - Dec 19”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2023, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND REAL...
  • In early 2008 a six-tractor caravan left China’s Zhongshan Station, covering the 1300km traverse to Dome A in three weeks to set up the Plateau Observatory (PLATO).2012 November, Alexis Averbuck, “East Antarctica & the South Pole”, in Antarctica (Lonely Planet), 5th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 124...

Origin of Zhongshan Station

Partial calque of Mandarin 中山站 (Zhōngshān Zhàn).

Questions about Zhongshan Station

What does Zhongshan Station mean?
Zhongshan Station means a research station in Antarctica.
How do you use Zhongshan Station in a sentence?
China will bear the brunt of the logistical work, hauling supplies, equipment and people over land from its Zhongshan station on the Amery Ice Shelf.
What part of speech is Zhongshan Station?
Zhongshan Station is a proper noun.

Words near Zhongshan Station in the dictionary

  1. Zhongqiu
  2. zhongruan
  3. Zhongs
  4. Zhongsha
  5. Zhongshan
  6. Zhongshan Station
  7. Zhongwei
  8. Zhongxiang
  9. Zhongyang
  10. Zhongyuan
  11. Zhongzhan

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