Etymograph

English

Manchuria

Manchuria may come from English Manchurian ‘of or relating to the Manchus’.

  1. English1500–presentManchurian‘of or relating to the Manchus’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1848Manchuria

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentManchurian‘of or relating to the Manchus’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1848Manchuria

Earliest quotation: 1848, Aaron H. Palmer, Memoir: “The east coast of Manchuria is generally high and…”

Formed from Manchu + -ia

Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ‘Manchu, Manchus (people)’

English Manchu

The story

Further popularized by Philipp von Siebold's early-19th-century Dutch translations of Japanese maps employing the term, replacing the earlier and vaguer Tartary, Eastern Tartary, Chinese Tartary, &c.

Every English word from English Manchurian

Today it means

name A region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia.

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

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