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Definition of Lanchou
1. Noun. The capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Gansu, Gansu Province, Kansu
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanchou
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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