Etymology

Zhangye

Zhang·ye
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 張掖 /张掖
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from張掖 /张掖
  2. English todayZhangye

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張掖 /张掖 (Zhāngyè).

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