English
Shant'ou
Shant'ou comes from Mandarin 汕頭.
- Mandarinmodern汕頭Shàntóu
- Englishearliest quotation 1961Shant'ou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern汕頭Shàntóu
- Englishearliest quotation 1961Shant'ou
Earliest quotation: 1961, Rhoads Murphey, The Middle Kingdom: Splendid Isolation: “Difficult broken country extends almost to the coast between…”
Every English word from Mandarin 汕頭
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 汕頭 / Shant'ou