Etymology

Jingmen

Jing·men
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 荆門
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from荆門
  2. English todayJingmen

Borrowed from Mandarin 荆門 (Jīngmén) via Hanyu Pinyin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.