English
Wusu
Wusu comes from Mandarin 烏蘇.
- Mandarinmodern烏蘇Wūsū
- Englishearliest quotation 1956Wusu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern烏蘇Wūsū
- Englishearliest quotation 1956Wusu
Earliest quotation: 1956, Theodore Shabad, Frederick A. Praeger: “Pending the completion of the Sinkiang railroad, the region…”
Every English word from Mandarin 烏蘇
Today it means
name A city in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 烏蘇 / Wusu