Definitions from Wiktionary (China)

▸ noun:  A nation or civilization occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers in East Asia, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.
▸ noun:  A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.
▸ noun:  Synonym of mainland China.
▸ noun:  (historical) Any of the empires occupying similar territory to that of the modern nation of China, ruled under various dynasties up through the early 20th century.
▸ noun:  (historical) The Republic of China prior to 1949, and sometimes after that time, particularly up through the early 1970's or so (when the People's Republic of China assumed the United Nations seat allocated to china).
▸ noun:  (rare) A female given name.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.
▸ noun:  A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun:  A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.
▸ noun:  A small city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.
▸ noun:  A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A Chinese person.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
▸ noun:  (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
▸ noun:  (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
▸ noun:  (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
▸ noun:  (countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
▸ noun:  (countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of china: porcelain tableware. [(uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.]
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Alternative form of cheyney: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney. [(historical, dated) Worsted or woollen materials used for hangings or upholstery.]
▸ noun:  Clipping of China rose: various flowers. [A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.]
▸ noun:  (botany, beverages) Clipping of China tea. [(botany, beverages) A tea made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, a variety of the tea plant that is mainly grown in southern China.]
▸ noun:  (rhyming slang) Alternative form of china: a mate, a friend. [(uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.]

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