Etymograph

English

Wenchang

Wenchang comes from Mandarin 文昌.

  1. Mandarinmodern文昌Wénchāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1886Wenchang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern文昌Wénchāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1886Wenchang

Earliest quotation: 1886, H.E. Dresser, A Monograph of the Meropoidæ or the Family of Bee-eaters: “Messrs. David and Oustalet state that its visits Southern…”

Every English word from Mandarin 文昌

Today it means

name A county-level city of Hainan, China.

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Etymograph / Mandarin 文昌 / Wenchang

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