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Etymology 1

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A reconstruction of the extent of various Chinese realms since the Zhou.

From PortugueseCategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#CHINACategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#CHINA China,[1][2] from possibly VenetanCategory:English terms derived from Venetan#CHINA Cina probably under influence from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CHINA Chin,[3] from Classical PersianCategory:English terms derived from Classical Persian#CHINA چین (čīn)Category:Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHINA under influence from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#CHINA Sīna (“China”), from Middle PersianCategory:English terms derived from Middle Persian#CHINA 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”)Category:Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHINA, from SanskritCategory:English terms derived from Sanskrit#CHINA चीन (cīna, “the Chinese; China”) of uncertain etymology. It is usually thought to be derived from ChineseCategory:English terms derived from Chinese#CHINA 秦 (Qín) (sm Qín, mc d͡ziɪn, oc *zin, "Qin"), the westernmost ancient Chinese state,[4][5][6] but other theories have been proposed, including derivation from 晉 / 晋 (jìn) (sm Jìn, mc t͡siɪn, oc *ʔsins, "Jin"), another important ancient state;[7] 荊 / 荆 (jīng) (sm Jīng, mc kˠiæŋ, oc *keŋ, "Chu"), the southernmost ancient Chinese state;[8] or Zina, the endonym of the people of the Yelang kingdom.[8] See "Names of China" and "Chinas" at Wikipedia. As a female name, usually derived via china (“porcelain”) and china doll, ultimately from the same source.

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China (usually uncountable, plural Chinas)Category:English lemmas#CHINACategory:English proper nouns#CHINACategory:English uncountable nouns#CHINACategory:English countable nouns#CHINACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  2. A cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynastiesCategory:en:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia#CHINA.
    China has 5000 years of history.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CHINA
  4. A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949Category:en:China#CHINACategory:en:Countries in Asia#CHINA.
    • 1971 December 6, “A Size-up of President Nixon: Interview with Mike Mansfield, Senate Democratic Leader”, in US News & World Report, page 61:
      'Only a Nixon' Could Go to China
      Category:English terms with quotations#CHINA
    • 2017, Donald J. Trump, speech at Make America Great Again Rally, Harrisburg, PA
      And I met with the President of China at great length in Florida, and we had long, long talks—hours and hours and hours.
    China is 75 years old as of October 1, 2024.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CHINA
    • 2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 24 April 2025:
      Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CHINA
  5. Synonym of mainland China.
    The gambling winnings were transferred from Macau to China.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHINA
  6. China in One China, asserting that there is only one de jure Chinese nation
    It will not change the historical and legal facts that there is only one China in the world.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHINA
  7. (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#CHINA) Any of the empires occupying similar territory to that of the modern nation of China, ruled under various dynasties up through the early 20th century.
  8. (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#CHINA) The Republic of China prior to 1949, and sometimes after that time, particularly up through the early 1970's or so (when the People's Republic of China assumed the United Nations seat allocated to China).
  9. (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#CHINA) A female given nameCategory:English given names#CHINACategory:English female given names#CHINA.
    • 2001, Susan Wittig Albert, chapter 1, in Bloodroot, Berkley Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 3:
      My name is China Bayles. I'm the owner of Thyme and Seasons and the co-owner, with Ruby Wilcox, of a new tearoom called Thyme for Tea.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CHINA
    • 2014, Neil D. A. Stewart, The Glasgow Coma Scale, Constable & Robinson, →ISBN, page 159:
      'What's her name, this girl?' The fight had hoarsened Lynne's voice, and the words came out strangely staccato - a wooden doll that had just learned to speak.
      'China,' he mumbled, feeling an obscure desire to invent a pseudonym for her.
      'What an interesting name.'
      Angus struck the table edge hard. 'Aw, don't gies it.'
      'I don't know what you mean. Or is it a nickname? Fragile, is she?'
      Category:English terms with quotations#CHINA
  10. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United StatesCategory:en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA#CHINACategory:en:Places in Indiana, USA#CHINACategory:en:Places in the United States#CHINA.
  11. A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United StatesCategory:en:Towns in Maine, USA#CHINACategory:en:Towns in the United States#CHINACategory:en:Places in Maine, USA#CHINACategory:en:Places in the United States#CHINA.
  12. An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United StatesCategory:en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA#CHINACategory:en:Places in Missouri, USA#CHINACategory:en:Places in the United States#CHINA.
  13. A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United StatesCategory:en:Villages in New York, USA#CHINACategory:en:Villages in the United States#CHINACategory:en:Places in New York, USA#CHINACategory:en:Places in the United States#CHINA.
  14. A small city in Jefferson County, Texas, United StatesCategory:en:Cities in Texas, USA#CHINACategory:en:Cities in the United States#CHINACategory:en:Places in Texas, USA#CHINACategory:en:Places in the United States#CHINA.
  15. A municipality and town in Nuevo León, MexicoCategory:en:Municipalities of Mexico#CHINACategory:en:Towns in Nuevo León, Mexico#CHINACategory:en:Towns in Mexico#CHINACategory:en:Places in Nuevo León, Mexico#CHINACategory:en:Places in Mexico#CHINA.
  16. A surnameCategory:English surnames#CHINA.
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Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, China is the 29138th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 813 individuals. China is most common among Black/African-American (48.46%), White (17.47%), Hispanic (14.51%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (13.53%) individuals.

Noun

China (countable and uncountable, plural Chinas)Category:English lemmas#CHINACategory:English nouns#CHINACategory:English uncountable nouns#CHINACategory:English countable nouns#CHINACategory:English countable nouns#CHINACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  1. Alternative letter-case form of china: porcelain tableware.
  2. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CHINA) A Chinese person.
  3. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CHINA) Alternative form of cheyney: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney.
  4. Clipping of China rose, various flowersCategory:English clippings#CHINA.
  5. (botanyCategory:en:Botany#CHINA, beverages) Clipping of China teaCategory:English clippings#CHINA.
  6. (rhyming slangCategory:English rhyming slang#CHINA) Alternative form of china: a mate, a friend.

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Etymology 2

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From JapaneseCategory:English terms derived from Japanese#CHINA 知名(ちな) (China).

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ChinaCategory:English lemmas#CHINACategory:English proper nouns#CHINACategory:English uncountable nouns#CHINACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  1. A town in Kagoshima Prefecture, JapanCategory:en:Towns in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan#CHINACategory:en:Towns in Japan#CHINACategory:en:Places in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan#CHINACategory:en:Places in Japan#CHINA.
    • 2022 December 24, “School on Japan island lends electric scooters to students for eco-friendly, cheap commute”, in The Mainichi‎:
      According to the town of China, if all students commuting by motorcycles switched to electric ones, carbon emissions could be reduced to under one-fourth of the current amount.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CHINA
    • 2024 August 21, “Linguists rush to preserve rare dialect on remote Kagoshima isle”, in The Asahi Shinbun‎:
      The two towns on the island, China (pronounced chee-nah) and Wadomari, along with neighboring Tokunoshima island, each have different dialects.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CHINA

References

  1. ↑ Duarte Barbosa, Descrição das Terras da India Oriental..., c. 1516.
  2. ↑ Garcia de Orta, Colóquios dos Simples e Drogas da India, 1563.
  3. ↑ Marco Polo & al., Divisiment dou Monde, c. 1298.
  4. ↑ Dr M. R. Singh (1972), Geographical Data in Early Puranas, page 172
  5. ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “cīna-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 191
  6. ↑ Yule, Henry (2005), Cathay and the Way Thither‎, →ISBN, pages 2–3
  7. ↑ Zhengzhang, Shangfang (鄭張尚芳) (2006), “古译名勘原辨讹五例 [A Correction of the Erroneous Etymological Analyses of Five Ancient Translated Names]”, in 中国语文 (in Chinese), volume 315, →ISSN, pages 541–549
  8. 1 2 Wade Geoff (2009-05), “The Polity of Yelang and the Origin of the Name 'China'”, in Sino-Platonic Papers‎, number 188
  9. ↑ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “China”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 396, column 2

Anagrams

Category:English exonyms#CHINA

Afrikaans

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#CHINACategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#CHINA China.

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ChinaCategory:Afrikaans lemmas#CHINACategory:Afrikaans proper nouns#CHINACategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:af:China#CHINACategory:af:China#CHINACategory:af:Countries in Asia#CHINA

Asturian

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

China fCategory:Asturian lemmas#CHINACategory:Asturian proper nouns#CHINACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Asturian feminine nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:ast:China#CHINACategory:ast:China#CHINACategory:ast:Countries in Asia#CHINA

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

ChinaCategory:Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas#CHINACategory:Central Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns#CHINACategory:Central Huasteca Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  1. China (a country in Asia)Category:nch:China#CHINACategory:nch:China#CHINACategory:nch:Countries in Asia#CHINA

Cornish

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Baner Repoblek Werin China.
Tyller Repoblek Werin China.

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Cornish terms borrowed from English#CINACategory:Cornish terms derived from English#CINA China, from PortugueseCategory:Cornish terms derived from Portuguese#CINA China, from SanskritCategory:Cornish terms derived from Sanskrit#CINA चीन (cīna, “the Chinese; China”), see English section for further etymology.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

China fCategory:Cornish lemmas#CINACategory:Cornish proper nouns#CINACategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#CINACategory:Cornish feminine nouns#CINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:kw:China#CINACategory:kw:China#CINACategory:kw:Countries in Asia#CINA

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Mutation

Mutation of China
radicalsoftaspiratehardmixed
China Jina unchanged unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

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China nCategory:Dutch lemmas#CHINACategory:Dutch proper nouns#CHINACategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Dutch neuter nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:nl:China#CHINACategory:nl:China#CHINACategory:nl:Countries in Asia#CHINA

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Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Proper noun

China fCategory:Galician lemmas#CHINACategory:Galician proper nouns#CHINACategory:Galician uncountable proper nouns#CHINACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Galician feminine nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:gl:China#CHINACategory:gl:China#CHINACategory:gl:Countries in Asia#CHINA

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German

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Etymology

Possibly from DutchCategory:German terms borrowed from Dutch#CHINACategory:German terms derived from Dutch#CHINA China, from possibly PortugueseCategory:German terms derived from Portuguese#CHINA China, from PersianCategory:German terms derived from Persian#CHINA چین (čin, “China”), from Middle PersianCategory:German terms derived from Middle Persian#CHINA 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”)Category:Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHINA, ultimately from SanskritCategory:German terms derived from Sanskrit#CHINA चीन (cīna).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Chi‧na

Proper noun

China n (proper noun, genitive Chinas or (optionally with an article) China, plural China)Category:German lemmas#CHINACategory:German proper nouns#CHINACategory:German entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:German neuter nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

  1. China (a country in East Asia)Category:de:China#CHINACategory:de:China#CHINACategory:de:Countries in Asia#CHINA

Usage notes

Declension

Further reading

  • “China”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎ (in German)
Category:German exonyms#CHINA

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree
Brazilian Portuguese Chinabor.
German Chinabor.
Hunsrik China
    Category:Hunsrik entries referencing missing etymons#CHINACategory:Hunsrik terms borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese#CHINACategory:Hunsrik terms borrowed from German#CHINACategory:Hunsrik terms derived from German#CHINACategory:Hunsrik terms derived from Brazilian Portuguese#CHINACategory:Pages with etymology trees#CHINACategory:Hunsrik entries with etymology trees#CHINA

    Borrowed from Brazilian PortugueseCategory:Hunsrik terms borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese#CHINACategory:Hunsrik terms borrowed from German#CHINACategory:Hunsrik terms derived from Brazilian Portuguese#CHINA and GermanCategory:Hunsrik terms borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese#CHINACategory:Hunsrik terms borrowed from German#CHINACategory:Hunsrik terms derived from Brazilian Portuguese#CHINACategory:Hunsrik terms derived from German#CHINA China.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    China nCategory:Hunsrik lemmas#CHINACategory:Hunsrik proper nouns#CHINACategory:Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Hunsrik neuter nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:hrx:China#CHINACategory:hrx:China#CHINACategory:hrx:Countries in Asia#CHINA
      Das waar im China gemach. ― This was made in China.Category:Hunsrik terms with usage examples#CHINA

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    References

    1. ↑ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “China”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 30, column 2

    Indonesian

    Proper noun

    ChinaCategory:Indonesian lemmas#CHINACategory:Indonesian proper nouns#CHINACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. nonstandard spelling of CinaCategory:Indonesian nonstandard forms#CHINA

    Interlingua

    Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ia

    Proper noun

    ChinaCategory:Interlingua lemmas#CHINACategory:Interlingua proper nouns#CHINACategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:ia:China#CHINACategory:ia:China#CHINACategory:ia:Countries in Asia#CHINA

    Malay

    Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

    From Middle PersianCategory:Malay terms derived from Middle Persian#CHINA [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms#CHINA (ṣīn, “Chinese; porcelain”)Category:Malay undefined derivations#CHINA, probably from SanskritCategory:Malay terms derived from Sanskrit#CHINA चीन (cīna)Category:Malay undefined derivations#CHINA. Attested in 1701 in Thomas Bowery's English-Malay and Malay-English bilingual dictionary.[1]

    The spelling is a carryover from the Za'aba Spelling used before 1972, to distinguish it from Cina (“Chinese people”).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    China (Jawi spelling چينا)Category:Malay lemmas#CHINACategory:Malay proper nouns#CHINACategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:ms:China#CHINACategory:ms:China#CHINACategory:ms:Countries in Asia#CHINA
      Synonym: Tiongkok (Riau Malay, Indonesian)

    References

    1. ↑ Bowrey, T. (1701), A Dictionary, English and Malayo, Malayo and English: To which is Added Some Short Grammar Rules \& Directions for the Better Observation of the Propriety and Elegancy of this Language : and Also Several Miscellanies, Dialogues, and Letters, in English and Malayo for the Learners Better Understanding the Expressions of the Malayo Tongue : Together with a Table of Time, Computing the Years and Moons of the Hegira to the Years and Months of the English Stile ...‎, Sam. Bridge, →LCCN, page 50: “China, Nēgree chēna.”

    Further reading

    Occitan

    Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia oc

    Alternative forms

    Proper noun

    China fCategory:Occitan lemmas#CHINACategory:Occitan proper nouns#CHINACategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Occitan feminine nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:oc:China#CHINACategory:oc:China#CHINACategory:oc:Countries in Asia#CHINA

    Derived terms

    References

    • Guilhemjoan, Patric (2005), Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), Per Noste, →ISBN, page 146.
    Category:Gascon Category:Occitan exonyms#CHINA

    Portuguese

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    bandeira da China

    Etymology

    Perhaps from VenetanCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Venetan#CHINACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Venetan#CHINA Cina probably under influence from Old FrenchCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old French#CHINA Chin, from Classical PersianCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Classical Persian#CHINA چین (čīn)Category:Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHINA under influence from Medieval LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin#CHINA Sina (“China”), from Middle PersianCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Middle Persian#CHINA 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”)Category:Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHINA, ultimately from SanskritCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Sanskrit#CHINA चीन (cīna). Compare Malay Cina.

    Pronunciation

     

    • Hyphenation: Chi‧na

    Proper noun

    China f (plural Chinas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CHINACategory:Portuguese proper nouns#CHINACategory:Portuguese countable proper nouns#CHINACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:pt:China#CHINACategory:pt:China#CHINACategory:pt:Countries in Asia#CHINA

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Category:Portuguese exonyms#CHINA

    Romanian

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    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from GreekCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Greek#CHINACategory:Romanian terms derived from Greek#CHINA Κίνα (Kína), ultimately from SanskritCategory:Romanian terms derived from Sanskrit#CHINA चीन (cīna).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    China fCategory:Romanian lemmas#CHINACategory:Romanian proper nouns#CHINACategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Romanian feminine nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:ro:China#CHINACategory:ro:China#CHINACategory:ro:Countries in Asia#CHINA

    Derived terms

    Romansh

    Proper noun

    la China fCategory:Romansh lemmas#CHINACategory:Romansh proper nouns#CHINACategory:Romansh entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Romansh feminine nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:rm:China#CHINACategory:rm:China#CHINACategory:rm:Countries in Asia#CHINA

    Shona

    Etymology

    From -china (“fourth”), counting the days of the working week from Monday.

    Noun

    China class 7Category:Shona lemmas#CHINACategory:Shona nouns#CHINACategory:Shona class 7 nouns#CHINACategory:Shona entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Shona class 7 nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. Thursday

    See also

    Spanish

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    Etymology

    Possibly from VenetanCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Venetan#CHINACategory:Spanish terms derived from Venetan#CHINA Cina, from Classical PersianCategory:Spanish terms derived from Classical Persian#CHINA چین (Čin, “China”)Category:Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHINA under influence from Medieval LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Medieval Latin#CHINA Sina (“China”), from Middle PersianCategory:Spanish terms derived from Middle Persian#CHINA 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”)Category:Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHINA, ultimately from SanskritCategory:Spanish terms derived from Sanskrit#CHINA चीन (cīna)Category:Spanish undefined derivations#CHINA, ultimately possibly from Old ChineseCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Chinese#CHINA 秦 (*zin).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    China fCategory:Spanish lemmas#CHINACategory:Spanish proper nouns#CHINACategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#CHINACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. China (a country in eastern Asia)Category:es:China#CHINACategory:es:China#CHINACategory:es:Countries in Asia#CHINA

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    See also

    Category:Spanish exonyms#CHINA

    Swahili

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    ChinaCategory:Swahili lemmas#CHINACategory:Swahili proper nouns#CHINACategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#CHINACategory:Pages with entries#CHINACategory:Pages with 19 entries#CHINA

    1. alternative form of Uchina
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