An·shan (än?shän?) A city of northeast China north of the Liaodong Peninsula. It was a center of the Chinese steel industry in the 1900s.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Anshan (?æn??æn) n1. (Placename) a city in NE China, in Liaoning province. Pop: 1 459 000 (2005 est)2. (Placename) an ancient city and region in Persia, associated with ElamCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014An?shan (??n???n) n. a city in E Liaoning province, in NE China. 1,500,000. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.