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LANCHOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lanchow mean?
• LANCHOW (noun)
The noun LANCHOW has 1 sense:
1. the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River
Familiarity information: LANCHOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Lanchow" is a part of...):
Gansu; Gansu province; Kansu (a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia)
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