The story
- Mandarin · borrowed from河西走廊
- English todayHexi Corridor
Partial calque from Mandarin and from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河西走廊 (Héxī Zǒuláng).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hexi Corridor
He·xiToday it means: A geographical region of relatively arable terrain in modern western Gansu Province, China, part of the Northern Silk Road running northwest from the bank of the Yellow River; consisting of a string of oases, it was the most important route from North China to the Tarim Basin and Central Asia for traders and the military. Full definition →
Mandarin 河西走廊