English
Kwangtung
Kwangtung comes from Mandarin 廣東.
- Mandarinmodern廣東Guǎngdōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1921Kwangtung
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern廣東Guǎngdōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1921Kwangtung
Earliest quotation: 1921, George Weidman Groff, The Lychee and Lungan: “Nan Yueh is the old Kingdom of Co-chin-China which…”
Every English word from Mandarin 廣東
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 廣東 / Kwangtung