Etymograph

English

Sinkiang

Sinkiang comes from Mandarin 新疆.

  1. Mandarinmodern新疆Xīnjiāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1944Sinkiang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Mandarinmodern新疆Xīnjiāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1944Sinkiang

Earliest quotation: 1944, Owen Lattimore, Introduction: Sinkiang's Place in the Future of China: “Soviet tanks and planes were also sent into Sinkiang,…”

Every English word from Mandarin 新疆

Today it means

name Synonym of Xinjiang: A Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 新疆 / Sinkiang

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