Etymology

Chekiang

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Mandarin 浙江
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  1. Mandarin · derived from浙江
  2. English todayChekiang

From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 浙江 (Zhèjiāng), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ], with the word itself from a former name of the Qiantang River.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.