Luotian

English

Alternative forms

• Lotien (Postal Romanization)
• Lo-t'ien (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 羅田／罗田 (Luótián).

Proper noun

Luotian

1. A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
   • [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:

     Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci.]

   • [1978 August 16 [1978 August 6], “Black Fungus, Lacquer Production to Increase”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[2], volume I, number 159, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page E 10:

     In its investigation report entitled "A New Way To Accelerate the Production of Raw Lacquer" the National Supply and Marketing Cooperative introduced the experience of the Sungpangerh brigade in Hsiangliu commune, Yingshan County, and of the Linmuno in Humiaoho commune, Lotien County, both in Hupeh province, in planting lacquer trees.]

   • 2018 November 7, “China reports new African swine fever case in central province of Hubei”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 10 May 2022, Consumer Products & Retail News‎^[4]:

     * China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday it had confirmed a new outbreak of African swine fever in the central province of Hubei
     * The disease killed 4 out of 821 pigs in Luotian county, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on its website

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅田／罗田 (zh) (Xiāngyáng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Luotian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1806, column 2

Anagrams

• notauli, outlain