Kin-sha

See also: Kinsha

English

Etymology

From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of 金沙 (jīnshā).

Proper noun

Kin-sha

1. Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China)
   • 1923, F. Kingdon-Ward, “Appendix”, in The Mystery Rivers of Tibet‎^[1], London: Cadogan Books Ltd, published 1986, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 309:

     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.

   • 1949, Han-seng Chen, “The Kamba and their Relations with Central China”, in Frontier Land Systems in Southernmost China‎^[2], Institute of Pacific Relations, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 73:

     (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.

   • 1963, Joseph Gies, “The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia”, in Bridges and Men‎^[3], Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kin-sha.