English
Hungan
Hungan comes from Mandarin 紅安.
- Mandarinmodern紅安Hóng'ān
- Englishearliest quotation 1958Hungan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern紅安Hóng'ān
- Englishearliest quotation 1958Hungan
Earliest quotation: 1958, Tao Li-wen, Experimental Farm Plots — A Way to Improve Leadership: “In this connection, the name of Hungan, a small…”
The story
1950s, from Mandarin 紅安 /红安 (Hóng'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Hung²-an¹.
Every English word from Mandarin 紅安
Today it means
name —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 紅安 / Hungan