Lake Tien

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Lake Tien

1. Alternative form of Lake Dian
   • 1981, Thomas C. Patterson, Archaeology: the Evolution of Ancient Societies‎^[1], 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