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TIEN SHAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles
Synonyms:
Tien Shan; Tyan Shan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Meronyms (parts of "Tien Shan"):
Pobeda Peak; Pobedy Peak (a mountain peak in the Tien Shan mountains in northern India (24,406 feet high))
Holonyms ("Tien Shan" is a part of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)
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