Changchun

//t͡ʃæŋˈt͡ʃʊn// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jilin, in northeastern China.

    "It costs but from $0.86 to $1.14 per ton to load Japanese coal into the cars at the mines, and as these are under the control of the South Manchuria Railway it is said that coal is freighted to Changchun free."

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"It costs but from $0.86 to $1.14 per ton to load Japanese coal into the cars at the mines, and as these are under the control of the South Manchuria Railway it is said that coal is freighted to Changchun free."

Etymology

From Mandarin 長春 /长春 (Chángchūn).

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