Etymology

Xiangyuan

Xiang·yuan
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Today it means: A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 襄垣
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from襄垣
  2. English todayXiangyuan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 襄垣 (Xiāngyuán).

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