Zhou

Meanings

Noun

• A people of ancient China.

Proper Noun

• Various regions of ancient China occupied by this people, including the Fen and Wei valleys
• A dynasty of rulers over this people, who conquered the Shang kingdom and nominally ruled China until their conquest by Qin in the 3rd century BC
• The realm of this dynasty, surrounding the Yellow River
• The era of Chinese history during which this dynasty ruled
• The valley of the Luo and Yi Rivers during the Eastern Zhou dynasty
• The short-lived dynasty declared by Wu Zetian during the Tang
• of Chinese origin.

Related

Similar words

• China

Narrower meaning words

• Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou (era)
• Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou (Luo–Yi valley)

Origin

• From the pinyin romanization of the Chinese 周. Chau.