| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Qilian Shan |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Qi·lian Shan |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ch  lyän shän |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also Nan Shan (nän) |
| A mountain range of north-central China extending northwest to southeast and having peaks rising from 5,490 m (18,000 ft) to more than 6,100 m (20,000 ft).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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