Definition of Tyan Shan

1. Noun. A major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tyan Shan

Twister
Twitard
Twitards
Twitterverse
Twixmas
Two-L
Two L
Two Rivers
Twofish
Twort
Twort-d'Herelle phenomenon
Twort phenomenon
Twydell
Twyla Tharp
Ty
Tyan Shan (current term)
Tyburn ticket
Tyburn tickets
Tyche
Tychonic
Tyke
Tylenchidae
Tylenchus
Tylenchus tritici
Tylenol
Tyler
Tylerism
Tylerize
Tympanuchus
Tympanuchus cupido

Literary usage of Tyan Shan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It is divided by the Mustagh range and a southwestern outrunner of the Tyan-Shan Mountains into East or Chinese Turkestan and West or Russian Turkestan. ..."

2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"It is divided by the Mustagh range and a southwestern outrunner of the Tyan-Shan Mountains into East or Chinese Turkestan, and West or Russian Turkestan. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal (1878)
"Tyan-Shan mountains and probably also the name given to the town of Samarkand. ... The mountains of Karatau, a branch of the Tyan-Shan mountains, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... formed by the confluence of the Aksu, Yarkand and Khotan-Darya at the southern base of the western Tyan-Shan ranges, 60 miles southeast of Aksu. ..."

5. American History and Its Geographic Conditions by Ellen Churchill Semple (1903)
"... she has stretched her power to the snowy passes of the Tyan Shan and the Pamir, from which she hopes to lay hold on Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan. ..."

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