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Ch'ang-sha
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Changsha Chángshā
English
thumb|Map of CH’ANG-SHA AND VICINITY (in Hunan Province) (Army Map Service AMS, 1953)
Etymology
From en cmn 長沙//, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Chʻang²-sha¹.en December 10, 1943 Additional Terms Chinese Phrase Book TM 30-633 https://books.google.com/books?id=HjVkAAAAMAAJ Washington, D. C. w:United States War Department 9030056 214, 215 https://books.google.com/books?id=HjVkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA215 1, 18 English PronunciationWade System Chinese WritingCh’ang-sha CHAˇAHNG SHAchʻang² sha¹ zh 長沙Changsha, Wade-Giles romanization Ch’ang-sha, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Proper noun
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en Changsha.
en 1964 Theodore Herman CH’ANG-SHA w:Encyclopedia Britannica https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri05univ/ 5 263100718 267 https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri05univ/page/267/ 2 Traditionally, Ch’ang-sha is famous for several handicrafts: coloured silk embroidery pictures, oiled paper umbrellas, grasscloth linen, brush pens and bamboo carvings, while the main basic industries were rice hulling, saw milling, boatbuilding and the smelting of antimony, manganese, lead and zinc—all for out-shipment.
en 1969 w:Yi-Fu Tuan China https://archive.org/details/china0000tuan/ Chicago Aldine Publishing Company 0202100340 71-86829 100249 22 https://archive.org/details/china0000tuan/page/22 Aside from the Turfan depression in Hsin-chiang (Sinkiang) province, the hottest part of China lies in the middle and lower Yangtze Valley. Maximum temperatures of 43°–44°C (110°–112°F) have been recorded in Ch'ang-sha and Nan-ching.
en 1972 Liu Wu-Chi Su Manshu Su Man-shu https://archive.org/details/sumanshu0191liuw/ New York w:Twayne Publishers 70-120494 494965 29 https://archive.org/details/sumanshu0191liuw/page/29 To implement the triple revolutionary strategies of propaganda, insurrection, and assassination, members of the association one after another departed for home to start revolutionary movements in their native districts. Huang Hsing returned to Ch'ang-sha; Ch'in Yü-liu went first to Shanghai and thence to Ch'ang-sha at Huang Hsing's invitation.
en 1979 Gary May China Scapegoat: The Diplomatic Ordeal of John Carter Vincent https://archive.org/details/chinascapegoatdi00mayg/ Washington, D.C. New Republic Books 0-915220-49-0 79-4129 916967269 4402719M 37 https://archive.org/details/chinascapegoatdi00mayg/page/37/ His dislike for Hankow made him miss Ch'ang-sha all the more, and he longed for some word of conditions in the province from clerk J. S. Pan who had remained behind to watch over American interests. A few weeks after his arrival, he received his first bit of news from Ch'ang-sha, but it did little to brighten his spirits. "Ch'ang-sha has been under the control of the Communist Party since April 8th," Pan wrote Vincent.
en 2011 Ralph D. Sawyer Ancient Chinese Warfare https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/ w:Basic Books 978-0-465-02145-1 2010051391 657595552 26042178M 137 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/page/137/ Far from the center of Shang civilization, Wu-ch'eng is located well south of the Yangtze at approximately the same latitude as Ch'ang-sha in the west and Wen-chou in the east.
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Further reading
Ch'ang-sha
Ch'ang-sha
en 1979 Ch’ang-sha or Chang·sha The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/ Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 0-395-27170-3 79-2721 5171913 145 https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/page/145/ 2