English
Huang He
Huang He comes from Mandarin 黃河.
- Mandarinmodern黃河literally ‘Yellow River’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Huang He
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern黃河literally ‘Yellow River’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Huang He
Earliest quotation: 1990, Michel Hoang, Genghis Khan: “Temüjin was about 66 years old. His hair and…”
Every English word from Mandarin 黃河
Today it means
name Synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 黃河 / Huang He