Shiqian

See also: shǐqián

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 石阡.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: shûʹchyěnʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Shi‧qian

Proper noun

Shiqian

  1. A county of Tongren, Guizhou, 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[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 September 2022, Science‎[3]:
      The fish was found in sediment about 439 million years old at a remote site in Shiqian county in Guizhou province in southern China.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Shihtsien or Shih-ch’ien”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1752, column 3
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