Etymology

Liuchiu

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Mandarin 琉球
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from琉球
  2. English todayLiuchiu

From Mandarin 琉球 (Liúqiú), Wade–Giles romanization: Liu²-chʻiu².

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.