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Lake Dian
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English
Alternative forms
en Dian Lake
en Lake Tien Wade-Giles
Etymology
en cmn 滇池
Pronunciation
dyĕn
Proper noun
Lake Dian
en lake p/Yunnan c/China near Kunming.
en 1980 w:Jessica Rawson The Eastern Zhou Ancient China: Art and Archaeology https://archive.org/details/ancientchina0000jess/ London w:Book Club Associates 0714114154 7307665 133 https://archive.org/details/ancientchina0000jess/page/133/ The chapter will therefore range much more widely than the previous ones, to take in places and events as diverse as the bronzes cast near the shores of Lake Dian in Yunnan province in the south-west, and the Tagar culture in the Yenisei valley in southern Siberia.
en 16 November 2021 'The water is poison': Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake https://web.archive.org/web/20211116042717/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211116-the-water-is-poison-chinese-activist-spends-life-protecting-polluted-lake 16 November 2021 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211116-the-water-is-poison-chinese-activist-spends-life-protecting-polluted-lake w:France 24 The 74-year-old strident campaigner has spent his life trying to protect the sprawling Lake Dian in southwestern China, challenging businesses to clean up their act around the local beauty spot and reporting those who pollute it.But a plan to divert fresh water to Lake Dian from the Yangtze river 400 kilometres away will take years to complete.
Synonyms
en Dianchi Lake
en Kunming Lake
Translations
lake
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 滇池 Diān Chí
Japanese: ja
Korean: ko
Further reading
en 1952 Tien Chih Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1911 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1911/ 3 Sometimes called Tien Hu or Kunyang Hu.
en 2008 Dian Chi Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 1015 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1015/ 2
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en aadeikln Dian Lake