English
Hu Nan
Hu Nan comes from Mandarin 湖南.
- Mandarinmodern湖南Hú Nán
- Englishearliest quotation 1888Hu Nan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern湖南Hú Nán
- Englishearliest quotation 1888Hu Nan
Earliest quotation: 1888, E. H. Parker, Chinese Account of the Opium War: “The thousand or so of men newly arrived from…”
Every English word from Mandarin 湖南
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Etymograph / Mandarin 湖南 / Hu Nan