noun
a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles
• Syn: ↑Tyan Shan
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑range, ↑mountain range, ↑range of mountains, ↑chain, ↑mountain chain, ↑chain of mountains
• Part Holonyms:
↑Russia, ↑Russian Federation, ↑China, ↑People's Republic of China, ↑mainland China, ↑Communist China, ↑Red China, ↑PRC, ↑Cathay, ↑India, ↑Republic of India, ↑Bharat
• Part Meronyms: ↑Pobeda Peak, ↑Pobedy Peak
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/tyen" shahn"/
a mountain range in central Asia, in China and Kirghizia. Highest peak, Pobeda Peak, 24,406 ft. (7439 m).
Also, Tian Shan.
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['tyen 'shän](also Tian Shan) a range of mountains that lies north of the Tarim Basin in the Xinjiang autonomous region and eastern Kyrgyzstan. Extending for about 1,500 miles (2,500 km), it rises to 24,406 feet (7,439 m) at Pik Pobedy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.