Etymograph

English

Yangpu

Yangpu comes from Chinese 楊浦.

  1. Chinesemodern楊浦Yángpǔliterally ‘Poplar Bank’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1966Yangpu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Chinesemodern楊浦Yángpǔliterally ‘Poplar Bank’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1966Yangpu

Earliest quotation: 1966, Robert Guillain, Shanghai's Repentant Capitalists: “Shanghai has built steelworks, chemical plants, and factories for…”

Today it means

name A district of Shanghai, China.

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

Etymograph / Chinese 楊浦 / Yangpu