English
Jinshan
Jinshan comes from Chinese 金山 ‘(historical) short for 西漢金山國 /西汉金山国, Jinshan’.
- Chinesemodern金山Jīnshān‘(historical) short for 西漢金山國 /西汉金山国, Jinshan’literally ‘Gold Mountain’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008Jinshan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Chinesemodern金山Jīnshān‘(historical) short for 西漢金山國 /西汉金山国, Jinshan’literally ‘Gold Mountain’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008Jinshan
Earliest quotation: 2008, 王慧敏 Wang Huimin et al., Beijing: Foreign Languages Press: “Jinshan peasants’ paintings, an- other symbol of Shanghai’s Hai…”
Every English word from Chinese 金山
Today it means
name A district of Shanghai, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 金山 / Jinshan