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TIENTSIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tientsin mean?
• TIENTSIN (noun)
The noun TIENTSIN has 1 sense:
1. a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
Familiarity information: TIENTSIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
T'ien-ching; Tianjin; Tientsin
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Tientsin" is a part of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
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