Lanchow
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The tidings of his son's victory reached Ma Pufang as he was settling down in his big stone headquarters outside the walls of Lanchow, gateway to the Northwest.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Lanchow, Bactrian camels dump full caravan loads that have been hauled 1,500 miles from the Turkestan-Siberian railhead in Kazakistan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later it will stab on 400 miles further to Lanchow, remote outpost just south of the Great Wall.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Sining, capital of his own Chinghai province, where he has been lord and governor since 1936, he sent a column of his Moslem cavalry to Lanchow.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Colquhoun, who is a high authority, has no doubt that, as Richthofen anticipated years ago, China will eventually be directly connected with Europe via Hami, Lanchow and Sian.
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
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