Etymology

Gongliu

Gong·liu
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Today it means: A county of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 鞏留 /巩留
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from鞏留 /巩留
  2. English todayGongliu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鞏留 /巩留 (Gǒngliú).

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