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Tangshan in British English
(ˈtæŋˈʃæn)
noun
an industrial city in NE China, in Hebei province: the 1976 earthquake, which killed an estimated 255 000 people, was the most lethal of the 20th century. Pop: 1 773 000 (2005 est)
Tangshan in American English
(tɑŋˈʃɑn; dɑŋˈʃɑn)
city in Hebei province, NE China, near Tianjin: pop. 1,500,000
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