Kansu

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of Gansu. alt-of, obsolete

    "Soon after leaving the village we crossed some rising ground, meeting on the summit a caravan of forty mules laden with drugs from Lan-chou, the capital of the province of Kansu. These drugs are sent down by cart to the department city of Ch'in Chou, eight stages from the capital, and there transferred to and thence brought down by pack animals."

Synonyms

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gansu

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"Soon after leaving the village we crossed some rising ground, meeting on the summit a caravan of forty mules laden with drugs from Lan-chou, the capital of the province of Kansu. These drugs are sent down by cart to the department city of Ch'in Chou, eight stages from the capital, and there transferred to and thence brought down by pack animals."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 甘肅 /甘肃 (Gānsù).

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Kansu CorridorKansu-Szechuan Time Zone

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