Zhoukoudian
Syllables: Zhou·kou·dian/ˈdʒouˈɡouˈdjɑːn/
Zhoukoudian proper noun: an area of Fangshan district, Beijing, China.
Proper noun
Zhoukoudian
- An area of Fangshan district, Beijing, China.
- In the more remote past, 450 million years ago, the Choukoutien area was part of a sea as the presence there of Ordovician limestone proves.[1975, Lan-po Chia, The Cave Home of Peking Man, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 7
- A Swedish geologist turned archaeologist, Johan Gunnar Andersson, for example led the project that led to the discovery of the “Peking Man” fossils, in the 1920s, at the site of Zhoukoudian, dating to circa 200,000 to 700,000 years ago, and also helped establish evidence of “prehistoric” culture...2021 May 11, Rowan K. Flad, “It’s a golden age for Chinese archaeology — and the West is ignoring it”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 May 2021, PostEverything
Forms of Zhoukoudian
| alternative form | Choukoutien |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Chou-k'ou-tien |
Origin of Zhoukoudian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 周口店 (Zhōukǒudiàn).
Questions about Zhoukoudian
- What does Zhoukoudian mean?
- Zhoukoudian means an area of Fangshan district, Beijing, China.
- What part of speech is Zhoukoudian?
- Zhoukoudian is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Zhoukoudian?
- Zhoukoudian is pronounced /ˈdʒouˈɡouˈdjɑːn/.
Words near Zhoukoudian in the dictionary
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