Kalgan

/ (ˈkɑːlˈɡɑːn) /


noun
  1. 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 Kendall
  • So 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 Kendall
  • It was a Chinese returning home from Urga, walking all the seven hundred miles across the desert to Kalgan.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • Two hundred miles from Kalgan we passed the telegraph station of Pongkiong manned by two Chinese.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • After his wanderings even Kalgan was a haven of rest, and he had secured there a base of operations.