English
Ku-ch'eng
Ku-ch'eng comes from Mandarin 穀城.
- Mandarinmodern穀城Gǔchéng
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Ku-ch'eng
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern穀城Gǔchéng
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Ku-ch'eng
Earliest quotation: 1903, Miss Black, The Work at Lao-ho-k'eo.: “In 1897 Ku-ch'eng Hsien, a city lying some fourteen…”
Every English word from Mandarin 穀城
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 穀城 / Ku-ch'eng