ancient

As nouns the difference between ancient and paleoencephalon

is that ancient is a person who is very old while paleoencephalon is the most ancient part of the brain.

As an adjective ancient

is having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age; very old.

As an adjective ancient

is having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age; very old.

As a noun ancient

is a person who is very old.

As a proper noun chu is

or chu can be (historic) an ancient chinese viscounty and kingdom of the zhou dynasty (circa 1030–223 ) along the yangtze river.

As an adjective ancient

is having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age; very old.

As a noun ancient

is a person who is very old.

As a proper noun yanjing is

(label) an ancient city located within present-day beijing, the capital of ji and yan.