English
Nanhai
Nanhai comes from Mandarin 南海.
- Mandarinmodern南海Nánhǎi
- Englishearliest quotation 1980Nanhai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern南海Nánhǎi
- Englishearliest quotation 1980Nanhai
Earliest quotation: 1980, Poster attack: “A big poster recently appeared in Nanhai County of…”
Every English word from Mandarin 南海
Today it means
name A district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 南海 / Nanhai