English
Tang-shan
Tang-shan comes from Mandarin 唐山.
- Mandarinmodern唐山Tángshān
- Englishearliest quotation 1978Tang-shan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern唐山Tángshān
- Englishearliest quotation 1978Tang-shan
Earliest quotation: 1978, P. J. Banyard, The Ferment Below: “It now seems likely that the worst disaster occurred…”
Every English word from Mandarin 唐山
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 唐山 / Tang-shan