English
Kunming
Kunming comes from Mandarin 昆明.
- Mandarinmodern昆明
- Englishearliest quotation 1914Kunming
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern昆明
- Englishearliest quotation 1914Kunming
Earliest quotation: 1914, China's Mining Districts: “The Minister of Commerce and Industry is pushing forward…”
Every English word from Mandarin 昆明
Today it means
name A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in southwestern China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 昆明 / Kunming