🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

延安龙

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Yán'ān lóng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Yanansaurus/ˌjɑːnənˈsɔːrəs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #85000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"延安龙是一种在中国发现的蜥脚类恐龙。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    An extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, whose fossil remains were discovered in the Yan'an region of China.

    "Paleontologists studied the fossilized vertebrae of the Yanansaurus to better understand Cretaceous sauropod diversity in East Asia."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the geographic location Yan'an in Shaanxi Province, China, combined with the Neo-Latin combining form -saurus, meaning lizard. It was coined in paleontological literature to designate a specific genus of sauropod dinosaur discovered in Cretaceous strata of the region.

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