1 or Koko Nor\ˌkō-(ˌ)kō-ˈnȯr\ or Ch'ing-hai\ˈchiŋ-ˈhī\shallow saline lake in Qinghai province, west central China, at an altitude of 10,515 feet (3205 meters)
2 or Tsinghai\ˈchiŋ-ˈhī\province of central western China; capital Xining area 278,378 square miles (723,783 square kilometers), population 5,626,723