Etymology

Jishou

Ji·shou
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Today it means: A county-level city of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 吉首
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from吉首
  2. English todayJishou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉首 (Jíshǒu).

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