Etymology

Kingmen

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Mandarin 荊門 /荆門
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from荊門 /荆門
  2. English todayKingmen

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 荊門 /荆門 (Jīngmén), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.