Etymology

zongdu

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Today it means: A governor of one or more provinces of China during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Full definition →

Mandarin 總督 /总督
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from總督 /总督
  2. English todayzongdu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 總督 /总督 (zǒngdū).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.