Chin-sha
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Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China) alt-of, alternative
"The boundary between Tibet and China settled by the Manchu Emperor and the Tibetans in 1727 and lasting down to 1910 ran from the Mekong just north of A-t'un-tzu, crossed northward into the Chin-sha Chiang valley and followed the water divide between the Chin-sha and the upper Mekong sources to the Kokonor Territory."
Example
More examples"The boundary between Tibet and China settled by the Manchu Emperor and the Tibetans in 1727 and lasting down to 1910 ran from the Mekong just north of A-t'un-tzu, crossed northward into the Chin-sha Chiang valley and followed the water divide between the Chin-sha and the upper Mekong sources to the Kokonor Territory."
Etymology
From the Mandarin 金沙 (Jīnshā) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-sha¹.
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