Etymograph

English

Yangcheng

Yangcheng comes from Mandarin 陽城.

  1. Mandarinmodern陽城Yángchéng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1957Yangcheng

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Mandarinmodern陽城Yángchéng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1957Yangcheng

Earliest quotation: 1957, Alan Burgess, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.: “The Mandarin of Yangcheng was a powerful figure. In…”

Today it means

name A county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 陽城 / Yangcheng