Etymograph

English

Chengdu

Chengdu comes from Mandarin ^成都.

  1. Mandarinmodern^成都Chéngdū
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020Chengdu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Mandarinmodern^成都Chéngdū
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020Chengdu

Earliest quotation: 2020, Keith Bradsher, China Orders U.S. to Shut Consulate in Chengdu, Retaliating : “As the United States lashed out against the “new…”

Today it means

name A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin ^成都 / Chengdu