Etymology

Kuomintang

Kuo·min·tang
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Today it means: A nationalist political party founded under Sun Yat-sen in 1912 that ruled mainland China from 1928 to 1949, now one of three major parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Full definition →

Mandarin 國民黨 /国民党
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from國民黨 /国民党
  2. English todayKuomintang

c. 1912, from the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 國民黨 /国民党 (Guómíndǎng), Wade–Giles: Kuo²-min²-tang³.

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