Feminine

Cina

Meaning

  1. (feminine) China (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 dynasties)
  2. (feminine) China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949; official name: Repubblica Popolare Cinese)

Concepts

People’s Republic of China

China People’s Republic

the People’s Republic of China

𐐕𐐴𐑌𐐲

Communist China

Synonyms

Repubblica popolare cinese

Repubblica Popolare Cinese

Repubblica Popolare della Cina

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
Cì‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃi.na/
Etymology

From Classical Persian چین (Čin, “China”) under influence from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna), possibly from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).

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