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Yangshao

Syllables: Yang·shao

Yangshao noun: the members of a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC.

Noun

Yangshao pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) The members of a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC.
    • Because this painted pottery culture was first discovered at Yangshao village in Mienchih county, Honan province, it is called Yangshao culture.1973 June, Hsia Nai, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle — Exhibition of Archaeological Finds in New China”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXII, number 6, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
    • Both these sites are also identified as belonging to the Yangshao culture, similar remains having first been discovered at Yangshao Village in Mianchi County, Henan Province.1991 [1987], Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 41

Proper noun

Yangshao

  1. A village in Mianchi, Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
    • Because this painted pottery culture was first discovered at Yangshao village in Mienchih county, Honan province, it is called Yangshao culture.1973 June, Hsia Nai, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle — Exhibition of Archaeological Finds in New China”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXII, number 6, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
    • Both these sites are also identified as belonging to the Yangshao culture, similar remains having first been discovered at Yangshao Village in Mianchi County, Henan Province.1991 [1987], Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 41

Forms of Yangshao

alternative formYang-shao
alternative formYang Shao

Origin of Yangshao

From Mandarin 仰韶.

Questions about Yangshao

What does Yangshao mean?
Yangshao means the members of a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC.
What part of speech is Yangshao?
Yangshao can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Yangshao in the dictionary

  1. yangqins
  2. Yangqu
  3. Yangquan
  4. yangs
  5. Yangsan
  6. Yangshao
  7. Yangshuo
  8. Yangshupu
  9. yangtao
  10. yangtaos
  11. Yangtse

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