Kalgan

/ ˈkɑːlˈɡɑːn /

noun

1. a former name of Zhangjiakou

Example Sentences

The standout pieces of the women’s collection included a geometric-patterned, floor-length sequined gown in brown, black and white; a long-sleeve top embroidered with sequins and shards of metal to create a shimmering icicle effect; and a full-length leather coat of ombre patchwork squares, with a pink-dyed kalgan lamb collar and jaguar-printed kid goat fur lining.

From Los Angeles Times

It was at Kalgan, the northern gateway of China, that a mission station was begun amid a people hard and unimpressible.

From Project Gutenberg

West of the route from Urga to Kalgan the country presents approximately the same general features, except that the mountains are not so irregularly scattered in groups but have more strongly defined strikes, mostly E. to W., W.N.W. to E.S.E., and W.S.W. to E.N.E.

From Project Gutenberg

The apparition of these new conquerors, already masters of a vast territory, made such a sensation at Constantinople, that their alliance was courted by the sovereigns of the East, and the Emperor Leo even asked for his son the hand of the daughter of the kalgan, or chief of the nation.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the projected extension of the railway from Kalgan to Kiachta.

From Project Gutenberg