English
Kienyang
Kienyang comes from Mandarin 建陽／建阳.
- Mandarinmodern建陽／建阳Jiànyáng
- Englishearliest quotation 1931Kienyang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern建陽／建阳Jiànyáng
- Englishearliest quotation 1931Kienyang
Earliest quotation: 1931, E. F. E. Wigram, The Fukien Diocese and Mission: “Miss I. B. Ramsay writes from Kienyang that "all…”
Every English word from Mandarin 建陽／建阳
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 建陽／建阳 / Kienyang