English Explanatory Dictionary

Erlitou

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Bronze Age culture along the Yellow River in China
  2. A village in Yanshi district, Luoyang, Henan, China.

Pronunciation

ěrʹlēʹtōʹ

Word forms

Erlitou Erh-li-t'ou Erhlitou

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 二里頭 (Èrlǐtóu, literally “two Li head”).

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