Etymology

Erlitou

Er·li·tou
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Today it means: A Bronze Age culture along the Yellow River in China Full definition →

Mandarin 二里頭
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The story

  1. Mandarin · derived from二里頭
  2. English todayErlitou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 二里頭 (Èrlǐtóu, literally “two Li head”).

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