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Anshan

American  
[ahn-shahn] / ˈɑnˈʃɑn /

noun

Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
  1. a city in E Liaoning province, in NE China.


Anshan British  
/ ˌænˈʃæn /

noun

  1. a city in NE China, in Liaoning province. Pop: 1 459 000 (2005 est)

  2. an ancient city and region in Persia, associated with Elam

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Parts of Zhengzhou, an iPhone manufacturing hub, and the steel city of Anshan were still in lockdown on Sunday.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

The Ansteel logo is seen at its headquarters in Anshan, Liaoning province, China November 28, 2018.

From Reuters ● Aug. 20, 2021

Studies found such women represented 60 percent of inmates in one prison in Anshan, Liaoning Province, and 80 percent of women serving heavy sentences in a prison in Fuzhou, Fujian Province.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2014

Anshan and Gindalbie's Karara mine is the first of at least eight iron ore projects planned for the state's Mid West grain belt in the next decade.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 10, 2011

They appear to have attacked Opis, but he drove them back, and on more than one occasion penetrated their country, over the western part of which, known as Anshan, he ultimately imposed his rule.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie

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