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Cishan

Syllables: Ci·shan

Cishan proper noun: a Neolithic culture in northern China.

cishan: a Neolithic culture in northern China
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Proper noun (1)

Cishan

  1. A Neolithic culture in northern China.
    • Major archaeological finds of the last three decades include the earliest known sites along the Yellow River valley. Some of these sites are classified as belonging to the Cishan culture, after the type site in Wu’an, Hebei Province, and others to the Peiligang culture, after their type site in...
    • But a few are comb-marked, and at certain Cishan sites, some cord-marked or painted ones have been found. The common vessels are bowls, round-bottomed or with three short legs; deep, wide-mouthed jars; pots with two tiny lugs; caldrons with three or four legs (ding); and, in settlements of the...1982, Wan-go Weng, Yang Boda, “Ceramics”, in The Palace Museum: Peking: Treasures of the Forbidden City, London: Orbis Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81, column 1

Proper noun (2)

Cishan

  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    • Taiwan Red Cross members escort rescued residents who were trapped following Typhoon Morakot, to receive medical care in Cishan, Taiwan, 12 August 2009. Taiwan soldiers on 12 August found 70 more survivors from a village buried by a mudslide, bringing to 1,000 the number of people found alive in...2009 August 9, “Typhoon slams Taiwan, China, Japan”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2021
    • In Cishan, a storm-ravaged town of 41,000, both road bridges had collapsed, smashing houses and taking down cars. Residents jammed a footbridge which remained standing.2009 August 14, “Taiwan leader says more than 500 dead in typhoon”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023, World News
    Synonyms:
    Kizan

Examples of Cishan in a sentence

  • Interpretations of millet cultivation in Manchuria vary, but in general the sites are regarded as related to and derivative from the Cishan culture.2004, Sarah M. Nelson, “Millet and Pigs in Korea and Manchuria”, in Korean Social Archaeology: Early Villages (Korean Studies Series)...
  • Taiwan Red Cross members escort rescued residents who were trapped following Typhoon Morakot, to receive medical care in Cishan, Taiwan, 12 August 2009.2009 August 9, “Typhoon slams Taiwan, China, Japan”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2021:
  • The trail runs relatively wide and flat most of the way, skirting the northern slopes of the deep, V-shaped Cishan River (旗山溪) valley.2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 206:
  • We gathered 500 turmeric buds from Cishan District of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan in February 2008.2014, KaiHsun Hsieh, Wu YongPei, Lin SuJu, “Investigation of the functional compositions of turmeric collected from Cishan District of...

Synonyms of Cishan

  • Kizan

Forms of Cishan

alternative formTz'u-shan
alternative formCh'i-shan
alternative formChishan
alternative Hanyu-PinyinQishan

Origin of Cishan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 磁山 (Císhān).

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旗山 (Císhan).

Words that rhyme with Cishan

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Questions about Cishan

What does Cishan mean?
Cishan means a Neolithic culture in northern China.
How do you use Cishan in a sentence?
Interpretations of millet cultivation in Manchuria vary, but in general the sites are regarded as related to and derivative from the Cishan culture.
What part of speech is Cishan?
Cishan is a proper noun.

Words near Cishan in the dictionary

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  7. cishet
  8. cishetero
  9. cisheteronormative
  10. cisheteronormativity
  11. cisheteropatriarchal

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