Etymograph

English

Lingqiu

Lingqiu comes from Mandarin 靈邱//靈丘//灵丘.

  1. Mandarinmodern靈邱//靈丘//灵丘
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1979Lingqiu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern靈邱//靈丘//灵丘
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1979Lingqiu

Earliest quotation: 1979, Delia Davin, Woman-Work: Women and the Party in Revolutionary China: “In 1948 a report was published to show the…”

Today it means

name A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 靈邱//靈丘//灵丘 / Lingqiu