Etymograph

English

Heilong Jiang

Heilong Jiang comes from Chinese 黑龍江/黑龙江.

  1. Chinesemodern黑龍江/黑龙江Hēilóng Jiāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1997Heilong Jiang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Chinesemodern黑龍江/黑龙江Hēilóng Jiāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1997Heilong Jiang

Earliest quotation: 1997, Daily Report: People's Republic of China: “The planes were manufactured and assembled in Komsomolsk, which…”

Today it means

name The Amur river.

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

Etymograph / Chinese 黑龍江/黑龙江 / Heilong Jiang