Lantian

See also: lántiān and Lántián

English

Alternative forms

• Lan-t'ien (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• Lantien (Postal Romanization)

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^[1], →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2022‎^[2]:

     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
• Manchu: ᠯᠠᠨ
  ᡨᡳᠶᠠᠨ (lan tiyan)

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 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

See also

• Lam Tin

Anagrams

• alantin