era name
English
Noun
era name (plural era names)
- The regnal year, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in an emperor's reign and naming certain Chinese rulers.
- 2000, Wilkinson, Endymion, “Geography”, in Chinese History: A New Manual, Rev. & enl. edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 99-056876, OCLC 924956937, page 135:
- Cities were not infrequently named after the era name in which they were founded (e.g., Shaoxing 紹興 in Zhejiang, after the Shaoxing era, 1131-62).
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period
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