English
Tung-kuan
Tung-kuan comes from Mandarin 東莞.
- Mandarinmodern東莞Dōngguǎn
- Englishearliest quotation 1975Tung-kuan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern東莞Dōngguǎn
- Englishearliest quotation 1975Tung-kuan
Earliest quotation: 1975, Roderick Stewart, Bethune: “The next day the train to Tung-kuan was stopped…”
Every English word from Mandarin 東莞
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 東莞 / Tung-kuan