China

  • 61china — china1 (De la voz infantil chin). 1. f. Piedra pequeña y a veces redondeada. 2. Suerte que echan los muchachos metiendo en el puño una piedrecita u otra cosa semejante, y, presentando las dos manos cerradas, pierde aquel que señala la mano en que …

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  • 62china — I Australian Slang (old) friend (rhyming slang china plate = mate ) II Scottish Vernacular Dictionary pal...close friend. I come from Glasgow and know this word well but have never seen it in any dictionary. III South African Slang Origin:… …

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  • 63china — n. porcelain 1) fine china 2) a set of china * * * [ tʃaɪnə] [ porcelain ] fine china a set of china …

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  • 64China — 1 Original name in latin China Name in other language China State code MX Continent/City America/Monterrey longitude 25.70131 latitude 99.23799 altitude 148 Population 9591 Date 2012 09 06 2 Original name in latin Chin Name in other language… …

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  • 65China — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. People s Republic of China, mainland China, Red China*, Chung Kwoh, the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, Chung Hwa Kwoh, Central Flowery Country, Chinese Empire, Manchu Empire, Sung Empire, Ming… …

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  • 66china — chi|na [ˈtʃaınə] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Persian; Origin: chini Chinese ; because it was originally made in China] 1.) a hard white substance produced by baking a type of clay at a high temperature ▪ china teacups 2.) also chinaware plates,… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 67china — chi|na [ tʃaınə ] noun uncount a thin hard clay used for making plates, cups, etc. a. usually before noun made from china: PORCELAIN: a china pitcher b. plates, cups, etc. made from china: hand painted china …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 68china — UK [ˈtʃaɪnə] / US noun [uncountable] a thin hard clay used for making plates, cups etc a) [usually before noun] made from china a china milk jug b) plates, cups etc made from china hand painted china …

    English dictionary

  • 69China — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 70China 1 — ▪ satellite also called  Chicom 1 , or  PRC 1        first Earth satellite orbited by the People s Republic of China. It was launched on April 24, 1970, from the rocket facility at Shuang Cheng Tsu, and it made China the fifth nation to place a… …

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