English
Tainan
Tainan comes from Mandarin 臺南／台南.
- Mandarinmodern臺南／台南Táinán
- Englishearliest quotation 1895Tainan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern臺南／台南Táinán
- Englishearliest quotation 1895Tainan
Earliest quotation: 1895, P. L. Simmonds, Notes on Some Saps and Secretions Used in Pharmacy: “Camphora officinarum, Nees. The aggregate exports of camphor from…”
The story
Officially named ca. 1885 with the creation of Tainan Prefecture.
Every English word from Mandarin 臺南／台南
Today it means
name A major city in southern Taiwan, dating to the 16th century
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 臺南／台南 / Tainan