- a variation of Gansu.
Kansu
Britishnoun
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One of North Korea's best-known spies was Jeong Su-il, who entered South Korea in 1984 posing as Muhammed Kansu, a Filipino-Lebanese academic.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Boarding school pupil Kansu Mansaray wishes Ebola would "vanish from Sierra Leone" as he wants to return to his studies.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2015
Trucks and canal boats, most of them flying Japanese flags, smuggled the goods into Peiping and Tientsin, have recently extended the trade to Kiangsu, Anhwei, Honan, Shensi and even Kansu province.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kansu, Honan, and Shensi had already harvested their biggest wheat crops in 15 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
This name might easily have been extended by the Chinese from the Tatars of Kansu to the neighbouring Tanguts, and thus to all Tibetans.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
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