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Tian⋅jin

[tyahn-jin]
–noun Pinyin.
a port in E Hebei province, in NE China. 6,280,000.
Also, Tientsin.
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Tian·jin   (tyän'jĭn')   
A city of northeast China near the Bo Hai southeast of Beijing. It developed rapidly after becoming a treaty port in 1860 but was badly damaged (1900) during the Boxer Rebellion. Today it is a major industrial center. Population: 5,090,000.
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