Qin'an
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 秦安 (Qín'ān).
Proper noun
Qin'an
- A county of Tianshui, Gansu, in northwestern China.
- [1972, Lan, Hsin-wen, “Finds from Kansu”, in 中国新出土文物 [New Archaeological Finds in China: Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, OCLC 568803, page 30:
- In 1967, 17 bronzes of the Chin Dynasty¹ (221-207 B.C.) were excavated at Shangyuanchia, Chinan County.]
- [2008, “Northwest China”, in Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China, HarperCollins, →ISBN, OCLC 671253768, OL 9952934M, page 263, column 3:
- Dadiwan Site is located in the gentle hillsides on the south bank of Qingshui River in Qinan County, Tianshui City. The earliest site dates from 7,800 years ago, and the most recent site dates from 4,800 years ago.]
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Translations
county
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