Gansu

Gan·su  (gäns) also Kan·su (käns, gän-)

A province of north-central China. It was long a corridor for the Silk Road to Turkistan, India, and Persia. Lanzhou is the capital. Population: 25,100,000.

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Gansu [ˈgænˈsuː], Kansu

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(Placename) a province of NW China, between Tibet and Inner Mongolia: mountainous, with desert regions; forms a corridor, the Old Silk Road, much used in early and medieval times for trade with Turkestan, India, and Persia. Capital: Lanzhou. Pop.: 25 620 000 (2000 est.). Area: 366 500 sq. km (141 500 sq. miles)

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Gansu - a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia Gansu province, Kansu Silk Road - an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay 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 Lanchou, Lanchow, Lanzhou - the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River