Kalgan
/ (ˈkɑːlˈɡɑːn) /
noun
a former name of Zhangjiakou
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How to use Kalgan in a sentence
China lay behind me and below, for we had risen some fifteen hundred feet since leaving Kalgan.
A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth KendallSo you turn your back upon Peking, and the railway takes you to Kalgan on the edge of the great plateau.
A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth KendallIt was a Chinese returning home from Urga, walking all the seven hundred miles across the desert to Kalgan.
A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth KendallTwo hundred miles from Kalgan we passed the telegraph station of Pongkiong manned by two Chinese.
A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth KendallAfter his wanderings even Kalgan was a haven of rest, and he had secured there a base of operations.
James Gilmour of Mongolia | James Gilmour
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