English
Gulangyu
Gulangyu comes from Mandarin 鼓浪嶼.
- Mandarinmodern鼓浪嶼Gǔlàngyǔ
- Englishearliest quotation 1980Gulangyu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern鼓浪嶼Gǔlàngyǔ
- Englishearliest quotation 1980Gulangyu
Earliest quotation: 1980, Jay Mathews, Nationalist Islands Sound Siren Call to Mainland Chinese: “A large sign on Xiamen's Gulangyu Island, favored address…”
Every English word from Mandarin 鼓浪嶼
Today it means
name An island of Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 鼓浪嶼 / Gulangyu