China

  • 71china — noun /tʃʌɪnə/ a) The root of a climbing plant, Smilax china L., once believed to have important medicinal properties. China, saith Manardus, makes a good colour in the face, takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold [...].… …

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  • 72China — noun /ˈtʃaɪ.nə/ a) A country in East Asia, officially named Peoples Republic of China (Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo). b) A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan) …

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  • 73China — This interesting and rare name may derive from two possible origins. The name may be of English occupational origin for a maker of china, a ceramic ware of a type originally from China, from the sixteenth Century word chiny , itself from the… …

    Surnames reference

  • 74china — noun 1》 a fine white or translucent vitrified ceramic material.     ↘household tableware or other objects made from china. 2》 Brit. informal a friend. [from rhyming sl. china plate mate .] Origin C16: from Pers. chīnī relating to China …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 75china — noun (U) 1 a hard white substance produced by baking a type of clay at a high temperature: china teacups 2 also chinaware plates, cups etc made of china: We were given a lot of china as wedding presents …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 76china — {{#}}{{LM C08363}}{{〓}} {{SynC08568}} {{[}}china{{]}} ‹chi·na› {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} Véase {{C08384}}{{上}}chino, china{{下}}. {{#}}{{LM SynC08568}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE C08363}}{{\}}{{CLAVE}}{{/}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{/}} {{[}}china{{]}} {{《}}▍… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 77CHINA —    (300,000 to 400,000), which, with Tibet, Mongolia (from which it is separated by the Great Wall), and parts of Turkestan, forms the Chinese Empire; is a vast, compact, and densely peopled country in Eastern Asia; bounded on the N. by Mongolia; …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 78China — (f) (Intermedio) país asiático muy grande cuya capital es Pekín Ejemplos: China se convirtió en uno de los mayores productores y exportadores de productos de todo tipo en el mundo. El monumento más conocido de China es la Gran Muralla …

    Español Extremo Basic and Intermediate

  • 79china — n British a friend, mate. Rhyming slang from china plate . An example of London rhyming slang which has survived from the 19th century and is still in working class use today, albeit often ironically or self consciously. It is usually part of the …

    Contemporary slang

  • 80china — • Rhyming Slang, short for China plate , mate . Used as a general term to address someone you are at least a bit familiar with. Usually prefixed by me old . eg. Awright me old china ! …

    Londonisms dictionary