English
Nansha
Nansha comes from Mandarin 南沙.
- Mandarinmodern南沙Nánshā
- Englishearliest quotation 1956Nansha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern南沙Nánshā
- Englishearliest quotation 1956Nansha
Earliest quotation: 1956, Theodore Shabad, Frederick A. Praeger: “In addition to these two autonomous areas, Kwangtung Province…”
Every English word from Mandarin 南沙
Today it means
name A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 南沙 / Nansha