Lanchow

/ ˈlænˈtʃaʊ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Lanzhou

Example Sentences

Over the past several months, the Chinese have become increasingly worried by reports in Western newspapers hinting that Moscow is considering a preventive strike against Peking's atomic-weapons plant at Lanchow and the nuclear testing grounds at Lop Nor, although Kosygin has dismissed such stories as "total nonsense."

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He left his sg-year-old son, General Ma Chi-yuan, in command of the defense of Lanchow.

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But at Lanchow itself, with its vital Nationalist air terminus and motor road junctions, the Communists expected stiff resistance.

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"Lanchow will never fall to the Communists..."

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They are shy, handsome, aboriginal Miaos from the mountains of Kweichow; turbaned Mohammedans from Lanchow, heart of China's northwest frontier; greasy nomads from The Gobi; Lamas from Tibet; Hans; Manchus.

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