Etymograph

English

Yichang

Yichang comes from Mandarin 宜昌.

  1. Mandarinmodern宜昌Yíchāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1972Yichang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern宜昌Yíchāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1972Yichang

Earliest quotation: 1972, 1972 December 3, Szechwan Yangtze River Navigation: “Ships of over 1,000 tons today can make the…”

Today it means

name A large prefecture-level city in western Hubei, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 宜昌 / Yichang