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.
   • 2017 April 20, 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.

   • 2018 July 11, Carl Zimmer, “Archaeologists in China Discover the Oldest Stone Tools Outside Africa”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on July 11, 2018, Science‎^[4]:

     In China, researchers also found evidence of early hominin occupation. In 1964, researchers unearthed a Homo erectus skull in a western county called Lantian. Initial estimates found it to be 1.15 million years old.

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