Zuozhen

See also: zuòzhèn

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 左鎮 (Zuǒzhèn).

Proper noun

Zuozhen

1. Alternative form of Zuojhen
   • 2015 March 25, William Lai, quotee, “INTERVIEW: William Lai talks about his ‘Tainan Brand’”, in Taipei Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on July 28, 2024, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[4]:

     To do so, we approach the historical aspect in depth and culture in all its breadth. In terms of historical depth, there is the Tsailiao Fossil Museum in [Tainan’s] Zuozhen District (左鎮), where the fossils on display originated locally, including that of a woolly mammoth and Rhinocerossinensis hayasakai and various animals, as well as fossils of human skulls, which date back about 20,000 or 30,000 years ago. Then there is an archeological site in Sinshih (新市) that dates back to between 5,000 and 7,000 years ago.