Tangshan

or T'ang·shan

[ tahng-shahn ]

noun

, Pinyin, Wade-Giles.

1. a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China.

Tangshan

/ ˈtæŋˈʃæn /

noun

1. an industrial city in NE China, in Hebei province: the 1976 earthquake, which killed an estimated 255 000 people, was the most lethal of the 20th century. Pop: 1 773 000 (2005 est)