Etymology

Jiaozhou

Jiao·zhou
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Today it means: A county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 膠州 /胶州
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from膠州 /胶州
  2. English todayJiaozhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 膠州 /胶州 (Jiāozhōu).

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