Etymology

Chilung

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Today it means: Synonym of Keelung. Full definition →

Mandarin 雞籠
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from雞籠
  2. English todayChilung

From Mandarin 雞籠 (Jīlóng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chi¹-lung².

Words from the same roots

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Chi-lung

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.