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  • proper noun Alternative form of Tianjin.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China

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Examples

  • I had the pleasure of having a talk with the "Young Emperor", as his friends still call the last of the Manchus, at his home in Tientsin, a few. weeks ago.

    The Manchurian Crisis 1932

  • The army reached Tientsin, which is only eighty miles from the capital; but when there, a slight reverse, together with other unexplained reasons, resulted in a return (1855) of the troops without having accomplished their object.

    China and the Manchus Herbert Allen Giles 1890

  • My father was stationed with the First Marine Division in Tianjin, called Tientsin in those days.

    Hawaii Reporter 2010

  • My father was stationed with the First Marine Division in Tianjin, called Tientsin in those days.

    Hawaii Reporter 2010

  • Roosevelt announced, "The Government of the United States has decided to withdraw the America Marine detachments now remaining ashore in China at Peiping, at Tientsin, and Shanghai..."

    Beth Crumley: 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Does "Whatever it Takes" Beth Crumley 2012

  • Roosevelt announced, "The Government of the United States has decided to withdraw the America Marine detachments now remaining ashore in China at Peiping, at Tientsin, and Shanghai..."

    Beth Crumley: 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Does "Whatever it Takes" Beth Crumley 2012

  • Burning with fever, Butler hallucinated about China, reliving the ghastly trek from Tientsin and the rape of Peking.

    Devil Dog David Talbot 2010

  • When Butler procured the services of Washington attorney Henry Leonard—a retired marine major who had lost an arm in the battle of Tientsin—Hoover must have seen this as a well-aimed shot from the military men across his bow.

    Devil Dog David Talbot 2010

  • During the Boxer Rebellion, Butler said, as his marine regiment was fighting to lift the siege of Tientsin, they were disgusted to find an American engineer hiding in the basement with the women and children.

    Devil Dog David Talbot 2010

  • They had left the port city of Tientsin on August 4, some 97 miles away.

    Devil Dog David Talbot 2010

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