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Tsinghai

British  
/ ˈtsɪŋˈhaɪ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Qinghai

  2. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Koko Nor

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The Chinese warlord of Tsinghai demanded $30,000 before he would let the boy leave.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Red army was striking from Sikang and Tsinghai provinces, in China's far west, toward the formidable 15,000-ft. passes into the bleak Tibetan plateau.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Reds also plan to attack the Yellow with two other mammoth reservoirs at Liukia Gorge in Kansu Province and Lungyang Gorge in Tsinghai Province.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally the oracle of Samye monastery, Tibet's oldest, went into a trance, recommended that the search be extended to the Chinese province of Tsinghai, whose Amdo region is largely populated by Tibetans.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Mongol levies at last arrived under their great chief, Sankolinsin, and the invaders retired to their fortified camp at Tsinghai and sent to Tien Wang for succor.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin