Etymology

Yongcheng

Yong·cheng
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Today it means: A county-level city of Shangqiu, Henan, China, formerly a county. Full definition →

Mandarin 永城
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from永城
  2. English todayYongcheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永城 (Yǒngchéng).

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