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n. - The capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River.

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  • It lies 250 kilometers southwest of Lanchow, and is presently included in southwestern Kansu (Gansu) Province of China, near the border of Chinghai (Qinghai) Province.
  • As their plane prepared to take off from Lanchow, May-ling and Donald talked Chiang into stopping in Ninghsia, a small province situated between the Gobi and Ordos...
  • At Lanchow in Chihli on the Imperial Chinese Railway near Shanhai-kwan, 16 old cash count as 100 cash, yet 33 are required to make up 200; in Tientsin from which point...
  • At Lanchow in Chihli on the Imperial Chinese Railway near
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