Longshan

See also: Lóngshān and Lǒngshān

English

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Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin Chinese 龍山龙山 (Lóngshān) (Lóngshān, lit. "Dragon Mountain")

Proper noun

Longshan

  1. A neolithic culture along the Yellow River in China, named for its type site
    • 2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Introduction”, in New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44, column 2:
      Many identified the Yangshao culture, or the Painted Pottery culture, as the remains of the Xia nation; and the Longshan culture, or the Black Pottery culture, as the remains of the Shang nation.
  2. Various mountains in China
  3. Various placenames in China and Taiwan
    • [2015 October 2, “"Friendly Taiwan - foreign student homestay development program" is full of goodwill: 26 students travelled to explore the beauty of Langshan in Chiku District.”, in Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, archived from the original on 15 October 2022:
      Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, sponsored by the Ministry of Education organized "Friendly Taiwan - foreign student homestay development program," in cooperation with Longsan community in Chiku District, Tainan.]
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References

  1. “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 483: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, [] Lung-shan (Longshan) 龍山

Etymology 2

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 隴山陇山 (Lǒngshān).

Proper noun

Longshan

  1. A mountain in China
  2. Various placenames in Gansu, named for the mountain
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