English
Xichang
Xichang comes from Chinese 西昌 ‘Western Prosperity’.
- Chinesemodern西昌Xīchāng‘Western Prosperity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Xichang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Chinesemodern西昌Xīchāng‘Western Prosperity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Xichang
Earliest quotation: 1987, Ross Terrill, A World Away From Beijing: “A city of flowers and pagodas, Xichang is the…”
Every English word from Chinese 西昌
Today it means
name A county-level city of Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 西昌 / Xichang