English
Wu-ch'ang
Wu-ch'ang comes from Mandarin 武昌.
- Mandarinmodern武昌Wu³-chʻang¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Wu-ch'ang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern武昌Wu³-chʻang¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Wu-ch'ang
Earliest quotation: 1903, Frederick Howard Taylor, Pepper Publishing Company: “Mr. and Mrs. Judd went forward to Wu-ch'ang, the…”
Every English word from Mandarin 武昌
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 武昌 / Wu-ch'ang