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Definition of Gansu
1. Noun. A province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia.
Generic synonyms: Province, State
Group relationships: Silk Road, Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
Terms within: Lanchou, Lanchow, Lanzhou
Definition of Gansu
1. Proper noun. a province in northwestern China ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gansu
Literary usage of Gansu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Continuing Religious Repression in China by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1993)
"He is at home in Ganggu District, gansu Province, but may not freely move about.
... An appeal to the gansu High People's Court on April 29, 1985 failed, ..."
2. Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners by Robin Munro, Mickey Spiegel, Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (1994)
"Bishop Casimir WANG Milu, the "black bishop of Tianshui," gansu Province, was
released on parole in April 1993. He is at home hi Ganggu district, gansu, ..."
3. Ninth Day of Creationby Leonard Crane by Leonard Crane (2000)
""Note the signal in gansu. The position agrees exactly with the one found by
Barrel Jansen ... A red arrow pointing to a white dot indicated the gansu site. ..."
4. Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro (1996)
"In November 1988, for example, the gansu provincial government passed an item
... which exceeded in scope and severity even the gansu Province regulations. ..."
5. Freedom of Religion in China by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Asia Watch Committee (1992)
"Bishop Wang, a native of Ganggu district in gansu, was accused of counterrevolutionary
activities, including propaganda and incitement, passing a list of ..."
6. Political Prisoners in Tibet by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Human Rights Watch (Organization), Tibet Information Network (1992)
"Amdo is a term for the entire northeastern portion of the Tibetan Plateau,
including Qinghai, a portion of gansu and a portion of Sichuan. ..."
7. Continuing Religious Repression in China by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1993)
"He is at home in Ganggu District, gansu Province, but may not freely move about.
... An appeal to the gansu High People's Court on April 29, 1985 failed, ..."
8. Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners by Robin Munro, Mickey Spiegel, Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (1994)
"Bishop Casimir WANG Milu, the "black bishop of Tianshui," gansu Province, was
released on parole in April 1993. He is at home hi Ganggu district, gansu, ..."
9. Ninth Day of Creationby Leonard Crane by Leonard Crane (2000)
""Note the signal in gansu. The position agrees exactly with the one found by
Barrel Jansen ... A red arrow pointing to a white dot indicated the gansu site. ..."
10. Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro (1996)
"In November 1988, for example, the gansu provincial government passed an item
... which exceeded in scope and severity even the gansu Province regulations. ..."
11. Freedom of Religion in China by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Asia Watch Committee (1992)
"Bishop Wang, a native of Ganggu district in gansu, was accused of counterrevolutionary
activities, including propaganda and incitement, passing a list of ..."
12. Political Prisoners in Tibet by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Human Rights Watch (Organization), Tibet Information Network (1992)
"Amdo is a term for the entire northeastern portion of the Tibetan Plateau,
including Qinghai, a portion of gansu and a portion of Sichuan. ..."