"Gansu" meaning in English

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Proper name

Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 甘肅/甘肃 (Gānsù). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{der|en|cmn|甘肅|tr=Gānsù}} Mandarin 甘肅/甘肃 (Gānsù) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gansu
  1. A province in northwestern China. Capital: Lanzhou. Wikipedia link: Gansu Categories (place): Gansu, Places in China, Provinces of China Synonyms: Kansu, Kansuh, Kan-suh [obsolete], Kan-su (alt: Wade–Giles) Related terms (Autonomous regions): Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang Related terms (Municipalities): Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing Related terms (Provinces): Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan · Yunnan · Zhejiang (english: claimed) Related terms (Special administrative regions): Hong Kong · Macau Translations (province of China): قَانْسُو (qansū) [masculine] (Arabic), غَانْسُو (ḡansū) [masculine] (Arabic), ကန်းစု (kan:cu.) (Burmese), 甘肅 (Chinese Mandarin), 甘肃 (Gānsù) (Chinese Mandarin), Kan-su (Czech), Gansu (Finnish), განსუ (gansu) (Georgian), Κανσού (Kansoú) [feminine] (Greek), Kanszu (Hungarian), 甘粛 (Kanshuku) (alt: かんしゅく) (Japanese), 간쑤 (Ganssu) (Korean), 감숙 (gamsuk) (Korean), Гансу (Gansu) (Macedonian), ᡬᠠᠨᠰᡠ (g'ansu) (Manchu), ᡬᠠᠨ ᠰᡠ (g'an su) (Manchu), कान्सु (kānsu) (Marathi), Ганьсү (Ganʹsü) (Mongolian), Gansu (Polish), Ганьсу́ (Ganʹsú) [feminine, indeclinable] (Russian), กานซู่ (Thai), กังซก (Thai), ཀན་སུའུ (kan su'u) (Tibetan), گەنسۇ (gensu) (Uyghur), Cam Túc (Vietnamese), Ganhsuz (Zhuang)

Alternative forms

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