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仰韶

Yǎng sháo

2-character word

What 仰韶 means

1. Yangshao, a village in Henan Province where the first site of the Yangshao culture {仰韶文化|Yǎng sháo wén huà} was excavated, used metonymically to refer to the culture itself

The characters in 仰韶

• 仰yǎngto face upward; to look up; to admire
• 韶sháo(literary) splendid; glorious

Words starting with 仰韶

• 仰韶文化Yǎng sháo wén huà(archaeology) Yangshao culture, a Neolithic culture (c. 5000–3000 BC) in the central…

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