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Dian Lake

Dian Lake is the alternative form of Lake Dian.

Meaning of Lake Dian

Proper noun

Lake Dian

  1. A lake in Yunnan, China, near Kunming.
    • The chapter will therefore range much more widely than the previous ones, to take in places and events as diverse as the bronzes cast near the shores of Lake Dian in Yunnan province in the south-west, and the Tagar culture in the Yenisei valley in southern Siberia.1980, Jessica Rawson, “The Eastern Zhou”, in Ancient China: Art and Archaeology, London: Book Club Associates, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 133

Origin of Dian Lake

Partial calque from Mandarin 滇池 (Diānchí)

Questions about Dian Lake

What is Dian Lake the alternative form of?
Dian Lake is the alternative form of Lake Dian.

Words near Dian Lake in the dictionary

  1. diamutation
  2. diamyl
  3. diamylene
  4. diamylenes
  5. Dian Cecht
  6. Dian Lake
  7. Diana
  8. Diana butterflies
  9. Diana butterfly
  10. Diana fritillaries
  11. Diana fritillary

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