English
Hei-lung-chiang
Hei-lung-chiang comes from Mandarin 黑龍江.
- Mandarinmodern黑龍江Hēilóngjiāng
- Englishearliest quotation 1900Hei-lung-chiang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern黑龍江Hēilóngjiāng
- Englishearliest quotation 1900Hei-lung-chiang
Earliest quotation: 1900, Alexander Hosie, Manchuria: “In the best caravans, that is those which go…”
Every English word from Mandarin 黑龍江
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 黑龍江 / Hei-lung-chiang