Gaocun

English

Alternative forms

• Kao-ts’un (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高村 (Gāocūn).

Proper noun

Gaocun

1. A town in Wuqing district, Tianjin, China, formerly a township.
   • 2001, 考古杂志‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 807:

     In 1991-1992, the Archaeology Section, Tianjin Municipal Museum of History, carried out survey and trial excavation at the Lancheng site to the south of Lancheng village in Gaocun township, Wuqing county, Tianjin, which resulted in the revelation of an ash-pit, an ash-trench and two wells.

   • 2008, Tianjin Municipal Information Office, “Sparkling Points of Tianjin”, in China Daily‎^[2], archived from the original on 06 February 2009, page 71:

     The Tianjin section extends from Beitang, Tanggu District to Gaocun, Wuqing District, from where the road connects to the Beijing section.

   • 2021 June 15, Zhao Ruojie et al., “Aircraft-based observation of gaseous pollutants in the lower troposphere over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region”, in Science of The Total Environment‎^[3], volume 773, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     The first simultaneous vertical distribution measurements using aircraft and tethered balloon were conducted in Gaocun (a rural site between Beijing and Tianjin) on June 17th.

2. A village in Gaocun, Wuqing district, Tianjin, China.

Translations

town in northern China; village in northern China; former township in northern China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高村 (Gāocūn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• guanco