Etymograph

English

Handan

Handan comes from Mandarin 邯鄲.

  1. Mandarinmodern邯鄲Hándān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001Handan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern邯鄲Hándān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001Handan

Earliest quotation: 2001, People with Disabilities: “Xiufen Xie, 53, was born in a village near…”

Today it means

name A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 邯鄲 / Handan