Ch'eng-tzu-yai

adjective

¦cheŋ(t)ˌsüˈyī

: of or relating to a late Neolithic culture of China from Shantung southward and inland of about 1000 b.c. characterized by black pottery

Word History

Etymology

probably from a place name in China

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