Etymology

Zhongdu

Zhong·du
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Today it means: A former city in Liangxiang, Fangshan district, Beijing, China, one of the capitals of the ancient Yan Kingdom. Full definition →

Mandarin 中都
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from中都
  2. English todayZhongdu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 中都 (Zhōngdū).

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