era name

English

Noun

era name (plural era names)

1. The regnal year, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in an emperor's reign and naming certain Chinese rulers.
   • 2000, Endymion Wilkinson, “Geography”, in Chinese History: A New Manual‎^[1], Rev. & enl. edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135:

     Cities were not infrequently named after the era name in which they were founded (e.g., Shaoxing 紹興 in Zhejiang, after the Shaoxing era, 1131-62).

Translations

period

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 年號／年号 (zh) (niánhào)

• Finnish: aikakausinimi
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 元号 (ja) (げんごう, gengō), 年号 (ja) (ねんごう, nengō)
• Korean: 연호(年號) (ko) (yeonho)
• Manchu: ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠᡳ
  ᠴᠣᠯᠣ (aniyai colo)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: оны цол (ony col)

  Mongolian script: ᠣᠨ ᠤ
  ᠴᠣᠯᠠ (on-u čola)

• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: niên hiệu (vi)