Meaning

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

noun high quality porcelain originally made only in China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

originFrom Sanskrit चीनः (cīnaḥ).

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