Meanings
alternative Kao-ts’un
- A town in Wuqing district, Tianjin, China, formerly a township.
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.
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, volume 773, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC1 more example
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.
2001, 考古杂志, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 807
Origin
- Mandarin高村
- EnglishGaocun
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高村 (Gāocūn).
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Chinese Cantonese 高村
- 高村town in northern China; village in northern China; former township in northern China
Chinese Mandarin 高村
- 高村 (Gāocūn)town in northern China; village in northern China; former township in northern China
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Gaocun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gaocun
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