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Shiqian

Syllables: Shi·qian

Shiqian proper noun: a county of Tongren, Guizhou, China.

Proper noun

Shiqian

  1. A county of Tongren, Guizhou, China.
    • The fish was found in sediment about 439 million years old at a remote site in Shiqian county in Guizhou province in southern China.2022 September 28, Ling Xin, “‘Exquisite’ Chinese fish fossils fill gaps in understanding the evolution of jaws in vertebrates”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...

Origin of Shiqian

From Mandarin 石阡.

Questions about Shiqian

What does Shiqian mean?
Shiqian means a county of Tongren, Guizhou, China.
What part of speech is Shiqian?
Shiqian is a proper noun.

Words near Shiqian in the dictionary

  1. shipyard
  2. shipyards
  3. shiqdar
  4. shiqdars
  5. Shiqi
  6. Shiqian
  7. Shiquan
  8. shir
  9. Shira
  10. shirah
  11. Shirahs

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