Etymograph

English

Linfen

Linfen comes from Mandarin 臨汾.

  1. Mandarinmodern臨汾Línfén
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1938Linfen

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern臨汾Línfén
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1938Linfen

Earliest quotation: 1938, Anna Louise Strong, One-Fifth of Mankind: “Headquarters of the Second War Zone was at that…”

Today it means

name A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 臨汾 / Linfen