T'ien-chin

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Tianjin. alt-of, alternative

    "On Wednesday, the 27th, we arrived at a place called Tʻien-chin. Here we were not on the high road to Pekin, hence the excitement created by our arrival was greater than I had ever before witnessed."

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"On Wednesday, the 27th, we arrived at a place called Tʻien-chin. Here we were not on the high road to Pekin, hence the excitement created by our arrival was greater than I had ever before witnessed."

Etymology

From Mandarin 天津 (Tiānjīn) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-chin¹.

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