Definition of Lanchou

1. Noun. The capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River.

Exact synonyms: Lanchow, Lanzhou
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Gansu, Gansu Province, Kansu

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanchou

Lanai
Lanai Island
Lanarkshire
Lancashire
Lancashire boiler
Lancashire boilers
Lancaster
Lancasterian
Lancastrian
Lancastrian line
Lancastrians
Lancefield
Lancelot
Lanchou (current term)
Lanchow
Lancisi
Lancisi's sign
Lancs
Land
Land's End
LandWarNet
Land of Enchantment
Land of Israel
Land of Liberty
Land of Lincoln
Land of Opportunity
Land of the Dragon
Land of the Free

Literary usage of Lanchou

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

1. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1903)
"Lanchou Circuit, to be supplied. Auko- chuang Circuit, to be supplied by Lia ... Lanchou Intermediate School, Pan Chen. ..."

2. The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir of Ch'en Li-fu, 1900-1993 by Li-Fu Ch'en, Hsu-hsin Chang, Ramon Hawley Myers (1994)
"We first flew to Lanchou and then to Sian. Twenty minutes before we arrived in Sian, we learned from radio reports that Japanese airplanes were flying ..."

3. The East of Asia Magazine (1906)
"At Lanchou, after one of the most interesting river trips imaginable, ci\ilization in the shape of a railway train is again met. Such a trip, occupying from ..."

4. The Flowery Republic by Frederick McCormick (1913)
"Unable to dislodge the troops at Lanchou by persuasion or orders, Yuan Shih-k'ai tests the loyalty of the division in Manchuria claimed by the republicans, ..."

5. A Geography of Asia Including the East Indies by Lionel William Lyde (1907)
"Of the less important towns, Lanchou, ... (1) Lanchou is a great tobacco-centre on the chief NW ..."

6. Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries by United States Dept. of State, Dept. of State, United States, Bureau of Foreign Commerce (1900)
"At Lanchou, 113 miles from Tientsin, the hill crosses the Lan Ho, ... Lanchou is growing in importance as a place of trade since the railway was built, ..."

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