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Shanzhou

Shanzhou proper noun: a district of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.

Proper noun

Shanzhou

  1. A district of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
    • This paper focuses on the sunken courtyard, a typical vernacular architecture that utilizes underground space, carries out field investigation and questionnaire survey in villages of Shanzhou District, China.2022, Fang Wang, Shunyi Wang, Beijia Cheng, Wanjing Wang, “To inhabit, retain or abandon? Adaptive utilization of energy-efficient sunken buildings by rural households in Shanzhou, China”, in Energy...

Origin of Shanzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陝州 /陕州 (Shǎnzhōu).

Questions about Shanzhou

What does Shanzhou mean?
Shanzhou means a district of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
What part of speech is Shanzhou?
Shanzhou is a proper noun.

Words near Shanzhou in the dictionary

  1. Shanyang
  2. shanyavskite
  3. Shanyin
  4. shanzhai
  5. shanzhiside
  6. Shanzhou
  7. Shao
  8. Shao-hsing
  9. Shao-kuan
  10. Shao-lin
  11. Shao-shan

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