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Tientsin

noun
1.
A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China.  Synonyms: T'ien-ching, Tianjin.






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... one day the task for which the army officers were allowed three days, all open objection ceased. But some bureau chiefs still did as much underhanded work against the order as they dared, and it was often difficult to reach them. In the Marine Corps Captain Leonard, who had lost an arm at Tientsin, with two of his lieutenants did the fifty miles in one day; for they were vigorous young men, who laughed at the idea of treating a fifty-mile walk as over-fatiguing. Well, the Navy Department officials rebuked them, and made them take the walk over again in three days, on the ground that taking ...
— Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt • Theodore Roosevelt



Words linked to "Tientsin" :   People's Republic of China, Red China, urban center, metropolis, city, Tianjin, china, PRC, Cathay, mainland China, Communist China



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