English
Hsi-sha
Hsi-sha comes from Mandarin 西沙.
- Mandarinmodern西沙Xīshā
- Englishearliest quotation 1963Hsi-sha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern西沙Xīshā
- Englishearliest quotation 1963Hsi-sha
Earliest quotation: 1963, 1962, Our Country's South Sea Archipelagoes: “The group in the west is called the Hsi-sha…”
Every English word from Mandarin 西沙
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 西沙 / Hsi-sha