Lantian

Lantian

See also: lántiān and Lántián

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Lan-t'ien

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 藍田／蓝田 (Lántián).

Alternative forms

• (postal romanization) Lantien

Proper noun

Lantian

1. A county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
   • 20 April 2017, Haixin Zhuo; et al., “Lower Palaeolithic stone tools have been found in Lantian County, China”, in Quaternary Research‎, DOI:10.1016/j.yqres.2016.08.008, ISSN 0033-5894, OCLC 960783893:

     The Homo erectus cranium, mandible and hundreds of associated lithic artifacts found in Lantian (central China) in the 1960s demonstrate that the area was important for hominin habitation during the early to middle Pleistocene.

Derived terms

• Lantian Man

Translations

county in western China

Chinese: Mandarin: 藍田／蓝田 (zh) (Lántián) Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 嵐天／岚天 (Lántiān).

Proper noun

Lantian

1. A township in Chengkou, Chongqing, China.

Translations

township in western China

Chinese: Mandarin: 嵐天／岚天 (Lántiān) Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• alantin