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TIEN SHAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tien Shan mean? 

TIEN SHAN (noun)
  The noun TIEN SHAN has 1 sense:

1. a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 milesplay

  Familiarity information: TIEN SHAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIEN SHAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Tien Shan; Tyan Shan

Instance hypernyms:

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

Meronyms (parts of "Tien Shan"):

Pobeda Peak; Pobedy Peak (a mountain peak in the Tien Shan mountains in northern India (24,406 feet high))

Holonyms ("Tien Shan" 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)

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)


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