Etymology

Qilian

Qi·lian
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Today it means: A county of Haibei, Qinghai, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 祁連 /祁连
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from祁連 /祁连
  2. English todayQilian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 祁連 /祁连 (Qílián).

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