Etymograph

English

Gong'an

Gong'an comes from Mandarin 公安.

  1. Mandarinmodern公安Gōng'ān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1999Gong'an

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern公安Gōng'ān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1999Gong'an

Earliest quotation: 1999, Tony Lambert, A survey of church growth, province by province: “Gong’an County has over 3,000 Christians who hope to…”

Today it means

name A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 公安 / Gong'an