English
Harbin
Harbin comes from Manchu ᡥᠠᠯᠪᡳᠨ.
- Manchumodernᡥᠠᠯᠪᡳᠨharbinas ᡥᠠᡵᠪᡳᠨ
- Englishearliest quotation 1899Harbin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Manchumodernᡥᠠᠯᠪᡳᠨharbinas ᡥᠠᡵᠪᡳᠨ
- Englishearliest quotation 1899Harbin
Earliest quotation: 1899, H. E. Rood, American Locomotives in Siberia: “The headquarters of the Chinese-Eastern road is at Harbin,…”
Every English word from Manchu ᡥᠠᠯᠪᡳᠨ
Today it means
name A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Manchu ᡥᠠᠯᠪᡳᠨ / Harbin