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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 Chinaplay

  Familiarity information: TIENTSIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIENTSIN (noun)


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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