Tangshan
or T'ang·shan
[ tahng-shahn ]
/ ˈtɑŋˈʃɑn /
noun Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China.
British Dictionary definitions for tangshan
Tangshan
/ (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)