English
Haishenwei
Haishenwei comes from Mandarin 海參崴.
- Mandarinmodern海參崴Hǎishēnwēiliterally ‘sea cucumber bay’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967Haishenwei
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern海參崴Hǎishēnwēiliterally ‘sea cucumber bay’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967Haishenwei
Earliest quotation: 1967, Henry McAleavy, The Second Opium War: “But a fait accompli even more spectacular than this…”
The story
From Mandarin 海參崴 /海参崴 (Hǎishēnwēi, literally “sea cucumber bay”), Wade–Giles romanization: Hai³-shen¹-wei¹.
Every English word from Mandarin 海參崴
Today it means
name Synonym of Vladivostok: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 海參崴 / Haishenwei