English
Hai-nan
Hai-nan comes from Mandarin 海南.
- Mandarinmodern海南Hǎinán
- Englishearliest quotation 1802Hai-nan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern海南Hǎinán
- Englishearliest quotation 1802Hai-nan
Earliest quotation: 1802, Jedidiah Morse, Loui-tcheou-fou: “Its territory is ſeparated, by a narrow ſtrait only,…”
The story
Wade-Giles transcription of Mandarin 海南 (Hǎinán).
Every English word from Mandarin 海南
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 海南 / Hai-nan