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Lake Dian

Lake Dian proper noun: a lake in Yunnan, China, near Kunming.

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
    • The 74-year-old strident campaigner has spent his life trying to protect the sprawling Lake Dian in southwestern China, challenging businesses to clean up their act around the local beauty spot and reporting those who pollute it.[…]But a plan to divert fresh water to Lake Dian from the Yangtze...2021 November 16, “'The water is poison': Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake”, in France 24, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2021

Synonyms of Lake Dian

Forms of Lake Dian

alternative formDian Lake
alternative formLake Tien

Origin of Lake Dian

Partial calque of Mandarin 滇池 (Diānchí)

Questions about Lake Dian

What does Lake Dian mean?
Lake Dian means a lake in Yunnan, China, near Kunming.
What part of speech is Lake Dian?
Lake Dian is a proper noun.

Words near Lake Dian in the dictionary

  1. Lake Constance
  2. Lake Country
  3. Lake County
  4. Lake Cowal
  5. Lake Davis
  6. Lake Dian
  7. Lake Dianchi
  8. Lake District
  9. Lake Don Pedro
  10. lake dwelling
  11. lake dwellings

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