Etymograph

English

Gaoyou

Gaoyou comes from Mandarin 高郵.

  1. Mandarinmodern高郵Gāoyóu
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007Gaoyou

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern高郵Gāoyóu
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007Gaoyou

Earliest quotation: 2007, Tornado kills 14, injures 146 in eastern China: “Seven people were killed in Gaoyou city in neighboring…”

Today it means

name A county-level city of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, in eastern China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 高郵 / Gaoyou