Luochuan

Luo·chuan
L1U1O1C3H4U1A1N1

proper noun

A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Lo-ch'uan

  1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

    Local police in Luochuan County in Shaanxi, central China told NBC News on Thursday they were investigating the incident, which took place on Monday.

    2015 May 7, Cassandra Vinograd, Marc Smith, Rebekah Smyth, Robert Windrem, “Video of Brutal Attack on Toddler in China Sparks Outrage”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 09 May 2015
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    On the basis of the loess section in Luochuan, Shaanxi Province, thirteen climatic cycles (L1-L13) and twenty-one subcycles can be distinguished, and the climatic variations indicated agree to the fact that the oscillation magnitude after the Brunhes/the Matuyama 700,000 yrs ago in the Early Pleistocene, was the greatest.

    1985, Ze-chun Liu, “Climatostratigraphy of the Sediments in the Peking Man's Cave”, in Quaternary Geology and Environment of China, China Ocean Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 41

Origin

  1. Mandarin洛川
  2. EnglishLuochuan

From Mandarin 洛川 (Luòchuān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 洛川
  • 洛川 (lok³ cyun¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 洛川
  • 洛川 (Luòchuān)county
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APA

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“Luochuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luochuan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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