Etymology

Sanmenxia

San·men·xia
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Henan, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 三門峽 /三门峡
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from三門峽 /三门峡
  2. English todaySanmenxia

c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 三門峽 /三门峡 (Sānménxiá).

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