Etymograph

English

Sanxia

Sanxia comes from Mandarin 三峽//.

  1. Mandarinmodern三峽//Sānxiá
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1982Sanxia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern三峽//Sānxiá
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1982Sanxia

Earliest quotation: 1982, Stevan Harrell, Ploughshare Village: Culture and Context in Taiwan [犁舌尾]: “The festival is organized on four levels. The highest…”

Today it means

name A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 三峽// / Sanxia