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長沙
简 长沙 · 繁 長沙Mandarin · pinyin Cháng shā
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2–1 · Chang2 sha1
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coeng4 saa1
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- (～市) Changsha (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hunan, in south-central China)
- (～縣) Changsha (a county of Changsha, Hunan, China)
- (historical) Changsha (a former island in the Yangtze estuary in eastern China, now part of Chongming Island)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 長沙傅／长沙傅
- (～鎮) Changsha (a town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)
- (～鄉) Changsha (a township in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China)
- (～村) Changsha (a village in Huangqi, Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
- Cheung Sha (an area on Lantau, Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong)
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