English
Shanghai
Shanghai may come from Chinese 上海.
- Chinesemodern上海Shànghǎiuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1840Shanghai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Chinesemodern上海Shànghǎiuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1840Shanghai
Earliest quotation: 1840, IX.—From Shanghai to Pekin.: “SHANGHAI (the emporium of Nanking) is the first town…”
Every English word from Chinese 上海
Today it means
name A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 上海 / Shanghai