English
Pingrang
Pingrang comes from Mandarin 平壤.
- Mandarinmodern平壤Píngrǎng
- Englishearliest quotation 1996Pingrang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern平壤Píngrǎng
- Englishearliest quotation 1996Pingrang
Earliest quotation: 1996, Allen Fung, Warfare in China Since 1600: “When the Japanese armies captured Pingrang on 15th September,…”
Every English word from Mandarin 平壤
Today it means
name Synonym of Pyongyang: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name (capital city of North Korea).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 平壤 / Pingrang