English
Sau Kei Wan
Sau Kei Wan comes from Cantonese 筲箕灣.
- Cantonesemodern筲箕灣saau¹ gei¹ waan¹
- Englishearliest quotation 2001Sau Kei Wan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Cantonesemodern筲箕灣saau¹ gei¹ waan¹
- Englishearliest quotation 2001Sau Kei Wan
Earliest quotation: 2001, Dauril Alden, Charles R. Boxer: An Uncommon Life : Soldier: “As mentioned, the 1st Middlesex occupied beach pill boxes…”
Every English word from Cantonese 筲箕灣
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 筲箕灣 / Sau Kei Wan