Etymograph

English

Qiongshan

Qiongshan comes from Mandarin 瓊山.

  1. Mandarinmodern瓊山Qióngshān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1986Qiongshan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern瓊山Qióngshān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1986Qiongshan

Earliest quotation: 1986, John F. Burns, SURF AND SAND IN CHINA: “The most famous exile was Hai Rui, a Ming…”

Today it means

name A district of Haikou, Hainan, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 瓊山 / Qiongshan