Changsha

[ chahng-shah ]

nounPinyin, Wade-Giles.
  1. a city in and the capital of Hunan province, in SE China.

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How to use Changsha in a sentence

  • But delays followed, and when the rioting occurred in Changsha he had not yet arrived at headquarters in Hankow.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • At Changsha matters were not nearly so far advanced as they were at Nanking.

    Changing China | William Gascoyne-Cecil

British Dictionary definitions for Changsha

Changsha

Ch'ang-sha

/ (ˈtʃæŋˈʃɑː) /


noun
  1. a port in SE China, capital of Hunan province, on the Xiang River. Pop: 2 051 000 (2005 est)

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