Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Jinsha (River in China)
In the eighth century, a Chinese suspension span over the Kin-sha River hung from iron chains, and similar bridges were built in Yunnan and in the mountains of Tibet.
1963, Joseph Gies, “The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia”, in Bridges and Men, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 222 more examples
It seems probable, from the work of Professor J. W. Gregory and others, that the Kin-sha — that portion of the upper Yangtze with which this book deals — formerly continued on its southward course and reached the Gulf of Tong-king.
1923, F. Kingdon-Ward, “Appendix”, in The Mystery Rivers of Tibet, London: Cadogan Books Ltd, published 1986, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 309(1) At about the same time their number was 573,981 in the eastern half of Sikang Province, including nineteen districts east of the Kin-sha River; (2) and 321,945 in the western half.
1949, Han-seng Chen, “The Kamba and their Relations with Central China”, in Frontier Land Systems in Southernmost China, Institute of Pacific Relations, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 73
Origin
From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of 金沙 (jīnshā).
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