CHINA

china

(noun) high quality porcelain originally made only in China

chinaware, china

(noun) dishware made of high quality porcelain

China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay

(noun) a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China

(noun) a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

China (usually uncountable, plural Chinas)

A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers in East Asia, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.

Synonyms: Cathay (used for medieval northern China, now archaizing), greater China (inclusive of Taiwan, non-Han autonomous regions, and the SARs, but not always all Chinese claims), Han, Han Chinese civilization

The People's Republic of China, the principal state in this country.

Synonyms: Celestial Kingdom, Flowery Kingdom, Middle Kingdom

synonym of mainland China

(rare) A female given name from place names.

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.

A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.

An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.

A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.

A small city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.

A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.

Synonyms

• (principal states at different periods): Xia, Shang, Zhou (kingdoms); Qin, Han, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing (empires); Warring States, Three Kingdoms (regions); Republic of China or Chinese Republic, People's Republic of China or Chinese People's Republic

Noun

China (plural Chinas)

(obsolete) A Chinese person.

(obsolete) Alternative form of cheyney: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney.

(botany) Clipping of China rose: various flowers.

(botany, beverages) Clipping of China tea.

(rhyming slang) Alternative form of china: a mate, a friend.

Anagrams

• Anich, Chain, Chian, chain

Etymology

Noun

china (countable and uncountable, plural chinas)

(uncountable) synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.

(uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.

(uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.

(uncountable) synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.

(uncountable, obsolete) synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.

(countable) synonym of China rose, in its various senses.

(countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) synonym of friend.

(uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.

(countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.

(countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.

Anagrams

• Anich, Chain, Chian, chain

Source: Wiktionary

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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 Europa at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general.

– Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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