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Dian may refer to: Places * Dian Kingdom, ancient kingdom in modern Yunnan province, China * ''Diān'' (滇), an official abbreviation for Yunnan province * Lake Dian, a lake in Yunnan * Dian, Armenia, a village * People * Dian (given name), a list * Dian (surname) Dian is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Diarmait Dian (died 689), an Irish king *Michal Dian (born 1981), Slovak footballer *Padmini Dian, Indian politician *Dian Wei Dian Wei (; died February or March 197) was a military ge ..., a list See also * Diane (other), a given name * Dianne (other), a given name * * {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dian Kingdom
Dian () was an ancient kingdom established by the Dian people, a non-Han Chinese metalworking civilization that inhabited around the Dian Lake plateau of central northern Yunnan, China from the late Spring and Autumn period until the Eastern Han dynasty. The Dian buried their dead in vertical pit graves. The Dian language was likely one of the Tibeto-Burman languages. The Han Empire's annexation of the Dian Kingdom in 109 BCE eventually led to the establishment of the Yizhou commandery. History Dian was an ancient kingdom situated in modern Yunnan, southwestern China. According to Han historian, Sima Qian, it was established in 279 BCE when King Qingxiang of Chu sent a military force to the southwest. Zhuang Qiao, a general of Chu, reached the Dian Lake as part of the Chu military campaign. When the Chu homeland was invaded by the Qin, Zhuang Qiao decided to stay in Yunnan and adopt the native ways, establishing the Dian kingdom. The Qin dynasty was subsequently overthrown by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, autonomous regions of Guangxi, and Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet as well as Southeast Asian countries: Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. Yunnan is China's fourth least developed province based on disposable income per capita in 2014. Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with high elevations in the northwest and low elevations in the southeast. Most of the population lives in the eastern part of the province. In the west, the altitude can vary from the mountain peaks to river valleys by as much as . Yunnan is rich in natural resources and has the largest diversity of plant life in China. Of the approximately 30,000 species of Vascular plant, higher plants in China, Yu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Dian
Dianchi Lake (), also known as Lake Dian and Kunming Lake (), is a large lake located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau close to Kunming, Yunnan, China. Its nickname is the "Sparkling Pearl Embedded in a Highland" () and it was the model for the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing. Its name is the source of Yunnan's Chinese abbreviation . It is a freshwater fault lake at above sea level. The lake covers . It is long from north to south, and the average depth is . It is the eighth largest lake in China and the largest in Yunnan Province. Etymology The Chinese character for the lake is a phonosemantic compound of the radical ("water") and the character , whose current pronunciation is ''zhēn'' but whose Old Chinese pronunciation has been reconstructed as ''*tin'' in Baxter–Sagart system.Baxter, William & al. "Baxter-Sagart Old Chinese Reconstruction"p. 160. 2011. Accessed 15 November 2013. The character was first found in the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dian, Armenia
Dian ( hy, Դիան) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. See also *Aragatsotn Province Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագածոտն, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city of the province is the town of Ashtarak. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported i ... References *Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census Populated places in Aragatsotn Province Yazidi populated places in Armenia {{Aragatsotn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dian (given Name)
Dian is a given unisex name of: People: * Dian Agus Prasetyo (born 1985), Indonesian footballer *Dian Bachar (born 1970), American actor *Dian Fossey (1932–1985), American zoologist who studied gorillas *Dian Genchev (born 1975), Bulgarian footballer * Dian HP (born 1965), Indonesian composer * Dian Inggrawati (born 1984), deaf Indonesian beauty queen * Dian Kateliev (born 1980), Bulgarian footballer *Li Dian, 3rd century general who served the Chinese warlord Cao Cao * Dian Moldovanov (born 1985), Bulgarian footballer * Dian Nissen, American trampolinist, fitness professional, and daughter of the inventor of the trampoline *Dian Slavens (born 1958), American politician Mythological or fictional characters: *Dian Cecht, the god of healing in Irish mythology * Dian Alberts, on the Dutch soap opera ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden'' *Dian Belmont, a DC Comics character See also *Diane (given name) ''Alternative spellings include Daiane, Dianne, Dianna, Dian, Diahann, Dyan, Dyann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dian (surname) (died 197), a general who served the Chinese warlord Cao Cao
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Dian is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Diarmait Dian (died 689), an Irish king *Michal Dian (born 1981), Slovak footballer *Padmini Dian, Indian politician *Dian Wei Dian Wei (; died February or March 197) was a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Famed for his enormous strength, Dian Wei excelled at wielding a pair of '' ji''s (a halberd-like weapon), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane (other)
Diane may refer to: People *Diane (given name) Film * ''Diane'' (1929 film), a German silent film * ''Diane'' (1956 film), a historical drama film starring Lana Turner * ''Diane'' (2017 film), a mystery film directed by Michael Mongillo * ''Diane'' (2018 film), a drama film starring Mary Kay Place Music * ''Diane'' (album), by Chet Baker and Paul Bley, 1985 * "Diane" (Cam song), 2017 * "Diane" (Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack song), a 1927 composition covered by many, including a 1964 UK #1 by The Bachelors * "Diane" (Hüsker Dü song), 1983 * "Diane", a song by Guster from '' Keep It Together'' * "Diane", a song by Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt and Billy James from ''The Boss Men'' Other uses * Diana (mythology), a name of the deity Artemis * The Dianne, a high-rise residential building in Portland, Oregon, US * Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill sold under the brand names Diane and Diane-35 * Group Diane, a former special forces unit of the Belgian g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
