Tangshan

or T'ang·shan

[tahng-shahn]

noun Pinyin, Wade-Giles.

a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China.

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British Dictionary definitions for tangshan

Tangshan

noun

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)

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