English
Haimen
Haimen comes from Mandarin 海門／海门 ‘sea gate’.
- Mandarinmodern海門／海门Hǎimén‘sea gate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1926Haimen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern海門／海门Hǎimén‘sea gate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1926Haimen
Earliest quotation: 1926, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Principles of Human Geography: “At the mouth of the Yangtze, population-density on the…”
The story
Borrowed from Mandarin 海門／海门 (Hǎimén, literally “sea gate”).
Every English word from Mandarin 海門／海门
Today it means
name A district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; a former county-level city and former county of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 海門／海门 / Haimen