Kinsha
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Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China) alt-of, alternative
"Szechuen troops defending recognized Chinese territory against the raids of the Tibetans declare that by crossing the Kinsha River the forces of the Da Lai Lama have violated the recent truce. The truce established the stream as the boundary between Tibet and China Proper."
- 2 Alternative form of Jinsha (Kinmen, Taiwan) alt-of, alternative
"Lee Hsi-chi, a native of Kinmen, is one of the pioneers in Taiwan's modern art movement. He was pleased to hear that the Kinmen County Government was planning to rebuild 18 ancient houses in Shanhou near Kinsha Town to form a folk village.[…] The Kinmen County Government has invited specialists to collect all records related to the style of traditional architecture to transform the block of houses in Shanhou near Kinsha Town into a museum."
Example
More examples"Szechuen troops defending recognized Chinese territory against the raids of the Tibetans declare that by crossing the Kinsha River the forces of the Da Lai Lama have violated the recent truce. The truce established the stream as the boundary between Tibet and China Proper."
Etymology
From the Nanking court dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金沙 (Jīnshā), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.
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