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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southeast-central China on the Xiang Jiang west-southwest of Shanghai. It is the capital of Hunan province.

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  • proper noun A city in south-central China; capital of Hunan province.

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Examples

  • The venture — the sport-utility-vehicle maker GAC Changfeng Motor Co., which is based in Changsha, the capital of southern Hunan province — is 29%-owned by Guangzhou Auto and 14.59% by Mitsubishi.

    Mitsubishi Talks on China Venture Reach Final Stage Norihiko Shirouzu 2010

  • With an official plaque to prove it, The West Lake Restaurant in Changsha, China, holds the title of the world's largest restaurant.

    Archive 2008-08-01 The Nag 2008

  • In China, Changsha is famous as the capital of Hunan province and one of the places where the young Mao Zedong lived and worked.

    Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town 2007

  • In China, Changsha is famous as the capital of Hunan province and one of the places where the young Mao Zedong lived and worked.

    Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town 2007

  • In China, Changsha is famous as the capital of Hunan province and one of the places where the young Mao Zedong lived and worked.

    Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town 2007

  • She is going to be teaching in Changsha with a private company for a year.

    Changsha « Peace Corps: China 2004

  • That’s not bad by Chinese factory standards — especially considering that Changsha is a low-cost area, and Broad workers get their food and housing free.

    Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town 2007

  • That’s not bad by Chinese factory standards — especially considering that Changsha is a low-cost area, and Broad workers get their food and housing free.

    Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town 2007

  • The Communists had a base in Southern China, a place called Changsha, and the Nationalists closed in and had -- were -- were on the point of wiping them out.

    Mao: A Life 2000

  • Firms like Sany Heavy Industry and Changsha Zoomlion have made massive investments in increasing production capacity.

    China's Holes in the Road Tom Orlik 2011

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