Etymology

Xiangtan

Xiang·tan
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China, on the lower Xiang River. Full definition →

Mandarin 湘潭
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from湘潭
  2. English todayXiangtan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán, literally “[place of the] Xiang River eddy”).

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