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chi·na 
[chahy-nuh] Pronunciation Key
[chahy-nuh] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. |
| 2. | any porcelain ware. |
| 3. | plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. |
| 4. | figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material, collectively: a collection of china. |
| 5. | Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a playing marble of china, or sometimes of porcelain or glass. |
| 6. | made of china. |
| 7. | indicating the twentieth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. |
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Chi·na
[chahy-nuh] Pronunciation Key
[chahy-nuh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing. |
| 2. | Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast of mainland China: under Nationalist control since 1948 but claimed by the People's Republic of China. 16,100,000; 13,885 sq. mi. (35,960 sq. km). Capital: Taipei. |
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| chi·na
(chī'nə) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Persian chīnī, ultimately from Chinese (Mandarin) Qín, Qin; see Qin.] Word History: Our term china for porcelain or ceramic ware is a shortening of chinaware and probably china dishes. Although the word china is identical in spelling to the name of the country, there are 16th- and 17th-century spellings like chiney, cheny, and cheney that reflect the borrowing into English of the Persian term for this porcelain, chīnī. The Persian word and the Sanskrit word cīnāḥ, "Chinese people," which gave us the English name for the country, go back to the Chinese word Qín, the name of the dynasty that ruled China from 221 to 206 B.C. |
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| Chi·na
(chī'nə) Pronunciation Key
A country of eastern Asia. Its ancient civilization traditionally dates to c. 2700 B.C.. After a bitter civil war (1946-1949) a people's republic led by Mao Zedong was established on the mainland, and the Nationalists fled to Taiwan. Beijing is the capital and Shanghai the largest city. Population: 1,310,000,000. |
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China, Republic of
(click for larger image in new window) See Taiwan. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
china
china
"porcelain imported from China," 1579, from the country name (1555), probably ult. from Skt. Cina-s "the Chinese" (earliest European usage is in It., by Marco Polo), perhaps from Qin dynasty, which ruled 3c. B.C.E. Latinized as Sina, hence sinologist. The Chinese word for the country is Chung-kuo, lit. "the Middle Kingdom." Chinatown first attested 1857 in California.
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| china | |
noun | |
| 1. | a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world |
| 2. | high quality porcelain originally made only in China |
| 3. | a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan] |
| 4. | dishware made of high quality porcelain [syn: chinaware] |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
China
China
Nation in eastern Asia, bordered by Russia and North Korea to the east; Russia and Mongolia to the north; Russia and Afghanistan to the west; and Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Laos, and Vietnam to the south. Its capital is Beijing, and its largest city is Shanghai.
Note: China is the most populous country in the world and the third largest, after Russia and Canada.
Note: The Boxer Rebellion of 1900 grew out of strong resentment of foreign influence in China.
Note: A revolution in 1911 overthrew the Qing dynasty, ending the two-thousand-year-old imperial system.
Note: Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Chinese Nationalists, established the government of Nationalist China in 1928 in Nanjing.
Note: The Second Sino-Japanese War, which lasted from 1937 to 1945 (merging with World War II in 1941), grew out of Japanese encroachments on Chinese land.
Note: The Chinese communists, with Mao Zedong as their leader, defeated Chiang's Nationalists in 1949, proclaiming the People's Republic of China. The Nationalists withdrew to the island of Taiwan.
Note: In 1950, Chinese forces joined the North Korean army in the Korean War.
Note: In 1958, Mao undertook the “Great Leap Forward” campaign, a crash program of industrialization, but none of its goals were reached, and the effort collapsed.
Note: In 1960, the ideological split between the Soviet Union and China widened, and the Soviets withdrew all aid.
Note: In the mid-1960s, Mao's wife, acting on his behalf, and three colleagues, later known as the Gang of Four, advanced the goals of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, aimed at eliminating old ideas and customs. Mobs attacked schools and cultural centers, brutally disrupting the entire nation. With the death of Mao in 1976 and the trial of the Gang of Four in 1980, the Cultural Revolution came to an end.
Note: In 1972, President Richard Nixon visited China, reopening relations between mainland China and the United States.
Note: In 1989, the government brutally suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.
Note: Although China remains officially communist, its government encourages capitalism in designated areas, especially in its southeastern provinces. China has experienced considerable economic development in recent decades. Relations with the United States remain tense, especially over Taiwan, but the United States supported China's admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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China Grove, NC (town, FIPS 12480) Location: 35.57125 N, 80.58032 W
Population (1990): 2732 (1163 housing units)
Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28023
China Spring, TX Zip code(s): 76633
China Grove, TX (town, FIPS 14716) Location: 29.39565 N, 98.34814 W
Population (1990): 872 (313 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
China Lake Nwc, CA Zip code(s): 93555
China, TX (city, FIPS 14704) Location: 30.05224 N, 94.33564 W
Population (1990): 1144 (463 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
South China, ME Zip code(s): 04358
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
China
Chi"na\, n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster. China bean. See under Bean, 1. China clay See Kaolin. China grass, Same as Ramie. China ink. See India ink. China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dianthus (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax (S. China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum). China rose. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. China ware, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach.
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