Meaning of Ansichow | Babel Free

Definitions

Anxi, a historical department in Gansu, China, whose capital is located in present-day Guazhou County, known as Anxi County until 2006.

historical

Examples

“Chinese annals and no doubt later-day official correspondence describe such miserable, old-world town as Ansichow as a miniature Peking. And Ansichow is the first Chinese town in China proper from which traveller ignorant of the country gets his initial impression of it.”

“The line starts from Ansichow westward to Tunhwang, and skirts the southern edge of the Lobnor Swamp to Chochiang.”

“The southern margin is marked by sand-buried cities, now desolate but formerly the site of extensive settlements which were connected by a road from Yarkand through Khotan to Ansichow.”

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