Etymology

Zhanjiang

Zhan·jiang
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 湛江
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from湛江
  2. English todayZhanjiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湛江 (Zhànjiāng).

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