Etymology

Tsinchow

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Today it means: Former name of Tianshui, a major city in China's Gansu province Full definition →

Mandarin 秦州
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from秦州
  2. English todayTsinchow

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu).

Words from the same roots

Mandarin秦州 all →

Qinzhou

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.