English
Xinyang
Xinyang comes from Mandarin 信陽.
- Mandarinmodern信陽Xìnyáng
- Englishearliest quotation 1996Xinyang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern信陽Xìnyáng
- Englishearliest quotation 1996Xinyang
Earliest quotation: 1996, Jasper Becker, An Overview of the Famine: “In Henan’s Xinyang prefecture, one of the worst affected…”
Every English word from Mandarin 信陽
Today it means
name A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 信陽 / Xinyang