Etymology

Sungkiang

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Mandarin 松江
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from松江
  2. English todaySungkiang

From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 松江 (Sōngjiāng), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

Words from the same roots

Mandarin松江 all →

Songjiang

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.