Jinsha

//d͡ʒɪnˈʃɑ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Qinghai and western Sichuan, China, the headwater of the Yangtze.

    "The Sanjiang Fold System is an Indosinian geosynclinal fold system, lying in western Yunnan and the Qamdo area of Tibet east of the Nujiang River and west of the Jinsha River. In eastern Tibet the Jinsha, Lancang and Nujiang Rivers turn suddenly to the south to form the famous Sanjiang (Three-River) Valley."

  2. 2
    A village in Nangan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan.

    "These establishments charge a premium due to their proximity to the port, but with the exception of the Holiday Hotel (see p.485) none are worth the price, and you'll do much better heading to one of the atmospheric homestays at either Jinsha or Nioujiao village."

  3. 3
    A culture in prehistoric China, named for its type site, Jinsha.

    "The gold stick unearthed in Sanxingdui Site and the gold crown band unearthed in Jinsha Site. Both of them have the combined designs of man heads, arrows, birds, and fish. They bear an almost same style, which shows the continuity of the Jinsha culture and the Sanxingdui culture."

  4. 4
    An archaeological site in Qingyang district, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

    "But long before that, Parisians will have had ample chance to familiarize themselves with Chinese culture. From Oct. 14 to Jan. 28, the Hôtel de Ville,[…]showcases recent Bronze Age excavations in the Szechuan Province, in western China, including artifacts from the Jinsha site (1200-1000 B.C.) discovered in February 2001."

  5. 5
    A county of Bijie, Guizhou, China.

    "Under the unifying arrangements of the Party committee the people’s procuracy of Chin-sha county took seven days’ time and handed over to the masses for debate the cases in which it had approved applications for arrest."

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  1. 6
    An urban township in Kinmen County, Taiwan.

    "Jinsha, located in the northeast of Kinmen Island, is subjected to powerful northeastern winds every monsoon season."

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"The Sanjiang Fold System is an Indosinian geosynclinal fold system, lying in western Yunnan and the Qamdo area of Tibet east of the Nujiang River and west of the Jinsha River. In eastern Tibet the Jinsha, Lancang and Nujiang Rivers turn suddenly to the south to form the famous Sanjiang (Three-River) Valley."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金沙 (Jīnshā, literally “golden sand”).

Etymology 2

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 津沙 (Jīnshā).

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