Kin-sha
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China) alt-of, alternative
"It seems probable, from the work of Professor J. W. Gregory and others, that the Kin-sha — that portion of the upper Yangtze with which this book deals — formerly continued on its southward course and reached the Gulf of Tong-king."
Example
More examples"It seems probable, from the work of Professor J. W. Gregory and others, that the Kin-sha — that portion of the upper Yangtze with which this book deals — formerly continued on its southward course and reached the Gulf of Tong-king."
Etymology
From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of 金沙 (jīnshā).
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