Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of central China on the Yellow River north of Chengdu. It is the capital of Gansu province.
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- noun A
prefecture -level city innorthwestern China ; capital ofGansu Province.
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- noun the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River
Etymologies
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Examples
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I live and work in Lanzhou, Gansu, and it can get into the low teens during the winter.
Training, Chinese, dress-code, laptop, money « Peace Corps: China 2007
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Famous researcher of the material science field, new foreign teacher (just arrived in Lanzhou last week), a foreign teacher who has been in Lanzhou for 1 year, a foreign friend (has been in Lanzhou for 2 years), famous musician, etc.
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You can be placed in Lanzhou or Guiyang or other smaller cities if you are crazy and feel like that would be more exciting.
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I live and work in Lanzhou, which is a huge city, so outside of my campus, I don’t have much interaction in the community.
Packing Tips, Interaction with Locals « Peace Corps: China 2007
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I live in Lanzhou, which is a huge city of 3-4 million, so in terms of being part of the city community, I don’t really feel I’m part of it, but on my campus community of 11,000, I definitely feel like a part of the community here.
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China also has a small centrifuge plant imported from Russia at Lanzhou, which is expected to reach 0.5 million SWU/yr about 2005.
Uranium enrichment 2009
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"Lanzhou" missile destroyer with a hull number of 170 is the latest one in China.
China Defense Blog 2009
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"Forget the big towns--even in small towns like Lanzhou in Gansu province, people are aware of the need to have strong IT backbone to deliver services; health services, education, transportation, utilities for instance," Mr. Pande said.
TCS to More Than Triple China Work Force Esther Fung 2011
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ChinaFotoPress/Zuma Press People visited a lantern fair in Lanzhou in China's Gansu province.
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Reuters Chinese people flock to buy salt Thursday in Lanzhou, Gansu province, amid rumors that iodine in salt can ward off radiation-related illnesses.
Chinese Find Admiration for Longtime Rival Josh Chin 2011
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