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Kansu

Kansu

9.9
A historical province in north-central China now called Gansu
  • proper noun
translation icon : Kansu
  • The book closed with one photograph of three men (Figure 5), identified as Tibetan Muslims of Kansu province in northwest China, where Borden had intended to serve.

Examples

  • Minor military revolts or mutinies have been reported from Hunan, Kweichow, Kansu, and even Szechuan.

  • Gulang, Kansu (Kansu), China 37.5N 102.7E

  • The book closed with one photograph of three men (Figure 5), identified as Tibetan Muslims of Kansu province in northwest China, where Borden had intended to serve.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

Gansu
vsKansu
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A province in north-central China known for its Silk Road history and desert landscapes

is the older historical name for that same province
Gansu province
vsKansu
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A province in north-central China with Silk Road history and desert scenery

is the older historical name rather than the modern administrative term

Surface Forms

Kansu main

Etymology

Kansu is an older spelling of Gansu, and the name comes from two city names, 'Ganzhou' and 'Suzhou'. So Kansu refers to the province around those two towns and was an important stop on the old Silk Road.