Definition of Tientsin

1. Noun. A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China.


Definition of Tientsin

1. Proper noun. (alternative form of Tianjin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tientsin

Tibicen
Tibur
Tiburon
Tichodroma
Tichodroma muriaria
Ticino
Ticonderoga
Tiddledy Winks
Tiddley Winks
Tidewater
Tidley Winks
Tiedemann's nerve
Tien-pao
Tien Shan
Tientsin (current term)
Tiepolo
Tierce de Picardie
Tierfell naevus
Tierra del Fuego
Tiffany
Tifinagh
Tiflis
Tigers
Tigger
Tiggers
Tigre
Tigrigna

Literary usage of Tientsin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"Until complete repayment with interest of this advance and of all former advances made by the Deutsch Asiatische Bank to the Tientsin- ..."

2. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"The terms and conditions of this Letter of Agreement will forthwith be communicated by the Director General of the Tientsin- ..."

3. The International Relations of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse (1918)
"CHAPTER XII THE Tientsin MASSACRE MOD 1. First news of massacre of June 21, 1870 . ... ON June 21st, 1870, an assistant in the British consulate at Tientsin ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1870)
"We started from Tientsin at three o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th October, 1869. Our mode of travelling was in carts drawn by mules. ..."

5. Foreign Rights and Interests in China by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1920)
"These allocations, roughly speaking, were as follows: Peking (Fengtai Junction) to Tientsin, to Great Britain; Tientsin and a small section eastward, ..."

6. China in Convulsion by Arthur Henderson Smith (1901)
"XXXI Tientsin AFTER THE SIEGE THE city of Tientsin is the natural gateway for the ... The Tientsin men have a reputation for violence, especially in speech, ..."

7. China in Convulsion by Arthur Henderson Smith (1901)
"XXXI Tientsin AFTER THE SIEGE THE city of Tientsin is the natural ... The Tientsin men have a reputation for violence, especially in speech, ..."

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