Etymograph

English

Tungkuan

Tungkuan comes from Mandarin 東莞.

  1. Mandarinmodern東莞Dōngguǎn
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1970Tungkuan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern東莞Dōngguǎn
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1970Tungkuan

Earliest quotation: 1970, Union Research Service: “In Tungkuan County, the Houchieh Brigade under Houchieh Commune,…”

Today it means

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 東莞 / Tungkuan