Chongqing

Chong·qing  (chôngchng, chng-) also Chung·king (chngkng, jnggng)

A city of south-central China on the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River). It was the capital of China from 1937 to 1946. Population: 3,930,000.

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Chongqing [ˈtʃʊŋˈtʃɪŋ], Chungking, Ch'ung-ch'ing

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(Placename) a port in SW China, in Sichuan province at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers: site of a city since the 3rd millennium bc; wartime capital of China (1938-45); major trade centre for W China. Pop.: 3 193 889 (1999 est.) Also called Pahsien

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Chongqing - a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China Chungking Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world