English
Gansu
Gansu comes from Mandarin 甘肅.
- Mandarinmodern甘肅Gānsù
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Gansu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern甘肅Gānsù
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Gansu
Earliest quotation: 2015, Matt O'Brien, This is where China’s future will be decided.: “This is Lanzhou, the old Silk Road outpost that…”
Every English word from Mandarin 甘肅
Today it means
name A province in northwestern China. Capital: Lanzhou.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 甘肅 / Gansu