Etymology

Xuchang

Xu·chang
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Henan, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 許昌 /许昌
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from許昌 /许昌
  2. English todayXuchang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 許昌 /许昌 (Xǔchāng).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.