China

Betekenis (Engels)

China (a country in eastern Asia)

Concepten

China

🇨🇳

Volksrepubliek China

chinees

Synoniemen

República Popular da China

Taiwan

🇹🇼

Vertalingen

China

China

🇨🇳

China

🇨🇳

Chine

🇨🇳

Cina

Çin

Xina

Κίνα

الصين

Sina

🇨🇳

Çîn

🇨🇳

People’s Republic of China

اَلصِّين

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʃĩ.nɐ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Maleis: Cina

In summary

Perhaps from Venetan Cina probably under influence from Old French Chin, from Classical Persian چین (čīn) under influence from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna). Compare Malay Cina.