Etymograph

English

Yangzhou

Yangzhou comes from Mandarin 揚州.

  1. Mandarinmodern揚州Yángzhōu
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013Yangzhou

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern揚州Yángzhōu
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013Yangzhou

Earliest quotation: 2013, Machine tool manufacturer Trumpf acquires Chinese rival JFY: “Jiangsu Jinfangyuan manufactures machine tools for sheet metal processing,…”

Today it means

name A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 揚州 / Yangzhou