English
Nanking
Nanking comes from Mandarin 南京.
- Mandarinmodern南京-
- Englishearliest quotation 1655Nanking
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern南京-
- Englishearliest quotation 1655Nanking
Earliest quotation: 1655, F. Alvarez Semedo, Bellum Tartaricum: “Wherefore he firſt placed his Court at Nanking nee…”
Every English word from Mandarin 南京
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 南京 / Nanking