English
Shihezi
Shihezi comes from Mandarin 石河子.
- Mandarinmodern石河子literally ‘stone river’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Shihezi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern石河子literally ‘stone river’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Shihezi
Earliest quotation: 2007, James A. Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang: “But most Bingtuan new cities were like Shihezi: company…”
Every English word from Mandarin 石河子
Today it means
name A county-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 石河子 / Shihezi