English
Sikang
Sikang comes from Mandarin 西康.
- Mandarinmodern西康Xīkāng
- Englishearliest quotation 1949Sikang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern西康Xīkāng
- Englishearliest quotation 1949Sikang
Earliest quotation: 1949, Han-seng Chen, The Kamba and their Relations with Central China: “(1) At about the same time their number was…”
Every English word from Mandarin 西康
Today it means
name A former province of China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 西康 / Sikang