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From march (“borderland”) + mount; coined by Edward H. Schafer to translate Chinese 嶽/岳 (yuè).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A tall mountain, in particular one of the Five Great Mountains of China. Full definition →
From march (“borderland”) + mount; coined by Edward H. Schafer to translate Chinese 嶽/岳 (yuè).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.