Kin-sha

Proper noun

1. Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China)
   • It seems probable, from the work of Professor J. W. Gregory and others, that the Kin-sha — that portion of the upper Yangtze with which this book deals — formerly continued on its southward course and reached the Gulf...
   • (1) At about the same time their number was 573,981 in the eastern half of Sikang Province, including nineteen districts east of the Kin-sha River; (2) and 321,945 in the western half. - 1949, Han-seng Chen, “The Kamba...
   • In the eighth century, a Chinese suspension span over the Kin-sha River hung from iron chains, and similar bridges were built in Yunnan and in the mountains of Tibet. - 1963, Joseph Gies, “The Engineer Vanishes from...