Lake Tien

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 滇池 (Diān Chí), Wade-Giles romanization: Tien¹ Chʻih².[1]

Proper noun

Lake Tien

  1. Alternative form of Lake Dian
    • 1981, Thomas C. Patterson, Archaeology: the Evolution of Ancient Societies‎, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192:
      Farther south, on the shores of Lake Tien in Yunnan, a tomb bore a golden seal with a Chinese inscription, "Seal of the King of Tien."

Translations
Lake Dian — see Lake Dian

References
  1. Lake Dian, (Wade-Giles romanization) Tien Ch’ih, in Encyclopædia Britannica
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