English Explanatory Dictionary

Kiangsu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative form of Jiangsu: the province of China northeast of the Yangtze Delta.

Pronunciation

kyǎngʹso͞oʹ jē-ängʹso͞oʹ

Word forms

Kiangsu Kiang-su Kiang Su

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 江蘇 /江苏 (Jiāngsū), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

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