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1. High quality porcelain originally made only in China
    
2. Dishware made of high quality porcelain
   - chinaware
    
3. [Brit] (informal) a friend

1. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
   - People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay [archaic]
    
2. A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
   - Taiwan, Nationalist China, Republic of China, Chinese Taipei

Derived forms: chinas

Type of: Asian country, Asian nation, crockery, dishware [US], island, porcelain

Part of: Asia, South China Sea

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