Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A province of north-central China. It was long a corridor for the Silk Road to Turkistan, India, and Persia. Lanzhou is the capital.
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- proper noun a province in northwestern China
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- noun a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
Etymologies
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Examples
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The set came from a ruling family in Gansu province, an important entry to China via the Silk Road.
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The set came from a ruling family in Gansu province, an important entry to China via the Silk Road.
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Meanwhile, in Gansu Province, a work camp laborer named Lin is finally released from eight years of forced labor on the outskirts of civilization.
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The set came from a ruling family in Gansu province, an important entry to China via the Silk Road.
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The set came from a ruling family in Gansu province, an important entry to China via the Silk Road.
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For example, Tianshui Benma Brewery Co Ltd in Gansu Province, in which Denmark-based Carlsberg has an investment, discharged untreated wastewater into rivers for two years, defying repeated government orders asking it to stop.
Global Corporations Blacklisted for Pollution | Impact Lab 2007
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Gansu is the only PC province where volunteers have central heat, so everywhere else, you gotta layer, use space heaters, and electric blankets.
Training, Chinese, dress-code, laptop, money « Peace Corps: China 2007
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For example, Tianshui Benma Brewery Co Ltd in Gansu Province, in which Denmark-based Carlsberg has an investment, discharged untreated wastewater into rivers for two years, defying repeated government orders asking it to stop.
Global Corporations Blacklisted for Pollution | Impact Lab 2007
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Pork producers in Gansu are worried that the government may soon stop them from selling pork.
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Our first semester is winding down, and all the pcvs are eagerly awaiting IST (In Service Training) in Gansu province at the end of January to meet up again!
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