Etymology

Kangding

Kang·ding
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Today it means: A county-level city of Garzê, Sichuan, southwest China. Full definition →

Mandarin 康定
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from康定
  2. English todayKangding

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 康定 (Kāngdìng).

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