"Szechuen" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Szechuen
  1. Obsolete spelling of Sichuan Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: Sichuan
    Sense id: en-Szechuen-en-name-e357HFDe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "IN the Keen-chang district of the province of Szechuen there grows in abundance the ligustrum lucidum, an evergreen tree with pointed leaves, on the twigs of which myriads of insects spread themselves, like a brownish film, in the Spring of each year.",
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          "text": "YOU may have noticed that the last tooth brush you bought was not quite so good as the previous one of the same brand. You may also have read that the Chinese government has recently been sending soldiers to clear the bandits and communists from Szechuen, that amazingly rich and populous province which borders on mysterious and inaccessible Thibet. It probably never occurred to you that there was any connection between the two incidents of that banditry around the head waters of the Yangtsze would affect the quality of an English tooth brush.",
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