Etymology

Yixing

Yi·xing
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Today it means: A county-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China known for pottery. Full definition →

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The story

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 宜興 /宜兴 (Yíxīng).

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