Tian Shan
See also: Tian-Shan
English
Alternative forms
- Tien Shan, Tienshan
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanisation of Mandarin 天山 (Tiān Shān), from Uyghur تەڭرىتاغ (tengritagh, literally “Mountains of God (Tengri)”) (Tengri Tagh).
Proper noun
Tian Shan
- A mountain range in Central Asia.
- [1905, Merzbacher, Gottfried, The Central Tian-Shan Mountains 1902-1903, London: John Murray, OCLC 1014552893, OL 23285457M, page 1:
- WHEN in 1892, on a journey into Central Asia, I first made acquaintance with a small portion of the Central Tian-Shan, I received, even by a mere flying visit, abiding impressions of its magnificent mountain chains.]
- [1978, Daily Report: People's Republic of China, number 128-140, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, ISSN 0892-0141, OCLC 1113433, page 15:
- During my inspection of counties in Changchi Prefecture last September, I came to realize that the irrigation of the Sinkiang farmland depended mainly on the melted snow of the Tienshan Mountains.]
- 2009, Y.J. Zhu, “Taklamakan Desert Moon Ride”, in Lucy McCauley, editor, The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009: True Stories from Around the World (Travelers' Tales), →ISBN, ISSN 1553-054X, OCLC 234438230, OL 23120660M, page 154:
- We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow.
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Synonyms
- (from Uyghur) Tengri Tagh
Translations
mountain range
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Portuguese
Proper noun
Tian Shan m
- Alternative spelling of Tian-Shan