English
Kuang-tung
Kuang-tung comes from Mandarin 廣東.
- Mandarinmodern廣東Guǎngdōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1887Kuang-tung
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern廣東Guǎngdōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1887Kuang-tung
Earliest quotation: 1887, Terrien de Lacouperie, Formosa Notes of MSS.: “42. The boat population of Canton, also called Tan-Ka…”
Every English word from Mandarin 廣東
Today it means
name —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 廣東 / Kuang-tung