Definition of China. Meaning of China. Synonyms of China

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Definition of China

China
China Chi"na, n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster. China bean. See under Bean, 1. China clay See Kaolin. China grass, Same as Ramie. China ink. See India ink. China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dianthus (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax (S. China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum). China rose. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. China ware, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach.

Meaning of China from wikipedia

- China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With a po****tion exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's second-most...
- The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods...
- Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the...
- Chinese people are known as Zhongguoren (traditional Chinese: 中國人; simplified Chinese: 中国人) or as Huaren (traditional Chinese: 華人; simplified Chinese:...
- The China Open is a hardcourt tennis tournament organized by the Chinese Tennis ****ociation annually at the China National Tennis Center in Beijing, China...
- The China Open (Chinese: 中国羽毛球公开赛) is an annual badminton tournament held in People's Republic of China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments...
- 1952. China portal Administrative divisions of China List of ecoregions in China Northern and southern China Physiographic macroregions of China Regional...
- Provinces (Chinese: 省; pinyin: Shěng) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently...
- Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters...
- Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre...