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PRONUNCIATION OF GANSU

Gansu  [ˈɡænˈsuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GANSU

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gansu is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GANSU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gansu

Gansu

Gansu is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country. It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east. The Yellow River passes through the southern part of the province. Gansu has a population of 26 million, covers an area similar sized to California. The capital is Lanzhou, located in the southeast part of the province.

Definition of Gansu in the English dictionary

The definition of Gansu in the dictionary is a province of NW China, between Tibet and Inner Mongolia: mountainous, with desert regions; forms a corridor, the Old Silk Road, much used in early and medieval times for trade with Turkestan, India, and Persia. Capital: Lanzhou. Pop: 26 030 000. Area: 366 500 sq km.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GANSU


babassu
ˌbɑːbəˈsuː
couscousou
ˌkuːskuːˈsuː
Jiangsu
ˈdʒjæŋˈsuː
Kansu
ˈkænˈsuː
Kiangsu
ˈkjæŋˈsuː
lasso
læˈsuː
Matsu
mætˈsuː
poutassou
ˌpuːtəˈsuː
qinghaosu
ˌtʃɪŋhaʊˈsuː
tiramisu
ˌtiːrəmiːˈsuː
zaibatsu
ˈzaɪbætˈsuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GANSU

Gangtok
gangue
gangway
ganister
ganja
gannet
gannetry
gannister
ganof
ganoid
ganoin
gansey
gant
gantlet
gantline
gantries
gantry
gantry scaffold
Gantt chart
Ganymede

WORDS THAT END LIKE GANSU

bussu
Hamamatsu
Ieyasu
Iyeyasu
Jesu
jiujitsu
jiujutsu
jujitsu
jujutsu
keiretsu
Khonsu
lassu
masu
ninjutsu
pari passu
shiatsu
susu
Takamatsu
Tokugawa Iyeyasu

Synonyms and antonyms of Gansu in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Gansu» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GANSU

Find out the translation of Gansu to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Gansu from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Gansu» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

甘肃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Gansu
570 millions of speakers

English

Gansu
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गांसु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قانسو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ганьсу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Gansu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গানসু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Gansu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gansu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gansu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

甘粛省
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

간쑤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gansu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Cam Túc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கான்சு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गन्सु
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gansu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Gansu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Gansu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ганьсу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Gansu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Γκανσού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gansu
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Gansu
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gansu
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Gansu

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GANSU»

The term «Gansu» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.469 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GANSU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gansu

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GANSU»

Discover the use of Gansu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Gansu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Grammar of Mangghuer: A Mongolic Language of China's ...
This book is a grammar of Mangghuer, a Mongolic language. Its primary importance is as a systematic grammatical description of a little-known language. It also makes a significant contribution to comparative Mongolic studies.
Keith W. Slater, 2005
2
Corruption at the Frontier: The Gansu Fraud Scandal
Based on an examination of the Gansu fraud scandal that was unveiled in 1781, this dissertation seeks to provide a re-evaluation of the concept of corruption in the context of the late eighteenth century Qing dynasty.
Elif Akcetin, 2007
3
Lonely Planet Gansu: Chapter from China Travel Guide
Serti Gompa TIBETAN MONASTERY (fii'fiS : Sa'ichi Si; admission Y20) On the Gansu side, higher up the hill, is this smaller monastery with its golden- and silver -roofed halls. The monastery dates from 1748 and is also simply referred to as ...
Lonely Planet, 2012
4
Great Wall of China: Beijing & Northern China
Stanley Stewart Gansu province is a long piece of land sandwiched between the Qinghai Plateau and the Inner Mongolian deserts. More commonly known as the Gansu Corridor (or Hex! "/T $Q in Chinese, meaning region west of the Yellow ...
Thammy Evans, 2006
5
Encyclopedia of Prehistory: Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania
Dadi iwan time period: 6000-5000 b.p. location: East of Shaodian village in Qinan county, Gansu province. DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Local Environment The site was situated on the river terrace where the Wuyinghe river confluences with the ...
Peter N. Peregrine, Melvin Ember, 2001
6
2013 International Conference on Complex Science Management ...
Xizang -1.4654 31 -1.1981 27 0.9671 2 -1.0281 31 From comprehensive score in Table 4, we learned that in 2009, the comprehensive score of Gansu is -0.5180, ranks No.26, below the national average score. The score of industrial ...
Haiyan Wu, 2013
7
Chinese Earth-Sheltered Dwellings: Indigenous Lessons for ...
The Provinces and Their Cave Dwellings GANSU This is a long, narrow province that lies in the upper Yellow River valley of northwestern China. The province has an area of more than 450,000 square kilometers and a total population of ...
Gideon Golany, 1992
8
China Business Guide: 2004 Edition
... 425 Guangxi 426 427 428 429 430. Gansu Economic Data (2004) Per capita annual disposable income of urban residents Per capita annual net income of rural households Source: Gansu Economic and Social Development Report 2004 ...
ChinaKnowledge Press, 2004
9
Twentieth Century China: An Annotated Bibliography of ...
In series Gansu jiaoyu ziliao congshu. Compare 35-72 (title of which is listed in preface to present item, but without any specifics on relationship between the 2 versions). 445 pp. M 35-74 Gansu sheng jiaoyu ting (ed.), Gansu jiaoyu nianjian  ...
James H. Cole, 2003
10
China Economic Review's China Business Guide 2005
of the more rugged regions of China, Gansu is where the traditional notion of Han China meets what until a few hundred years ago was the country's western frontier. As with other administrative regions on China's periphery, Gansu is a ...
‎2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GANSU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Gansu is used in the context of the following news items.
1
About 50 human rights lawyers and law firm staff held in Chinese …
... Hunan-based Yang Jinzhu and Gansu-based Jiang Yongji, said the rights groups and fellow lawyers, who declined to be named out for fears ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
2
Italian cyclist wins 7th stage at Tour of Qinghai Lake | Shanghai Daily
Sunday's race will start from Qinghai Province and end at Gansu Province, covering 126 kilometers. The 2015 Tour of Qinghai Lake will last 14 ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»
3
China from the sky
An aerial view shows people traveling along a road inside the Danxia National Geological Park, in Zhangye, Gansu province, China, July 5, ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
4
China Stocks Rout Achieves What PBOC Couldn't: Lower Bond Yields
The western province of Gansu sold 10-year notes at 3.51 percent Thursday, 10 basis points lower than what Inner Mongolia offered a week ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
5
UNPO: Tibet: Sixth Protest Self-Immolation of This Year Takes Place …
... died outside Chinese police headquarters in Chone (Zhuoni) county in Gansu province's Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. «UNPO, Jul 15»
6
Xinhua Insight: No apples for teachers in rural China
WUDU, Gansu, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Meng Yuqiang sets out at dawn and treks an hour through craggy mountains to the only primary school in ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»
7
Analyst Rating Update on Trina Solar Limited
In March 2014, the Company sold its 50 mega-watts Solar Power Plant in Wuwei, Gansu province to Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp. by Taboolaby ... «Money Flow Index, Jul 15»
8
Baidu, EZT Ally to Develop Smart Medical Service Platform
Baidu Doctor currently covers more than 90% of major hospitals in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Hunan, and ... «Marbridge Consulting, Jul 15»
9
TOMRA Sorting Food to exhibit at World Potato Congress in China
Gansu Jindadi and Aviko-Snow Valley will sign new contracts with TOMRA on the first day of the show which is being held at the Beijing ... «PotatoPro, Jul 15»
10
Chinese Trout Farm Helping Stop Desert Advance
CHINA - In the Kumtag desert in Gansu Province, more than 600 ... In Gansu Province, the situation is worsening, with more than half of its land ... «TheFishSite.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gansu [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gansu>. Apr 2024 ».
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