English
Hac Sa
Hac Sa comes from Cantonese 黑沙.
- Cantonesemodern黑沙literally ‘black sand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1982Hac Sa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern黑沙literally ‘black sand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1982Hac Sa
Earliest quotation: 1982, Pamela G. Hollie, CHINA WITH A PORTUGUESE ACCENT: “Coloane, where the Portuguese defeated some pirates in 1910,…”
Every English word from Cantonese 黑沙
Today it means
name A beach, area, and village in Coloane, Macau.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 黑沙 / Hac Sa