English
Putian
Putian comes from Mandarin 莆田.
- Mandarinmodern莆田Pútián
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Putian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern莆田Pútián
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Putian
Earliest quotation: 1987, 1986 July 5, Zhiqin Wang: “Since we mainly rely on shipping grain into southern…”
Every English word from Mandarin 莆田
Today it means
name A prefecture-level city of Fujian, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 莆田 / Putian