Etymology

Jilin

Ji·lin
J8I1L1I1N1

Today it means: A province of China. Capital: Changchun. Full definition →

Mandarin 吉林 ← mnc ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ
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The story

  1. mnc · derived fromᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ
  2. Mandarin · derived from吉林
  3. English todayJilin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉林 (Jílín), from Manchu ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ (girin).

Words from the same roots

mncᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ all →

kirin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.