Etymology

Dongbei

Dong·bei
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Today it means: Synonym of Manchuria: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Full definition →

Mandarin 東北 /东北
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from東北 /东北
  2. English todayDongbei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東北 /东北 (Dōngběi).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.