Etymology

Meixian

Mei·xian
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Today it means: A former county of Guangdong, China, ancestral home of many Hakka emigrants Full definition →

Mandarin 梅縣 /梅县
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from梅縣 /梅县
  2. English todayMeixian

Borrowed from Mandarin 梅縣 /梅县 (Méi Xiàn) via Hanyu Pinyin.

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