English
Yang-chou
Yang-chou comes from Mandarin 揚州.
- Mandarinmodern揚州Yángzhōu
- Englishearliest quotation 1929Yang-chou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern揚州Yángzhōu
- Englishearliest quotation 1929Yang-chou
Earliest quotation: 1929, Witter Bynner, The Jade Mountain: “53. This temple, in Yang-chou, Kiang-su Province, was on…”
Every English word from Mandarin 揚州
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 揚州 / Yang-chou