English
Su-chou
Su-chou comes from Mandarin 蘇州//.
- Mandarinmodern蘇州//Sūzhōu
- Englishearliest quotation 1939Su-chou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern蘇州//Sūzhōu
- Englishearliest quotation 1939Su-chou
Earliest quotation: 1939, John C. Ferguson, Survey of Chinese Art: “In the neighborhood of the present railway centre of…”
Every English word from Mandarin 蘇州//
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 蘇州// / Su-chou