English Explanatory Dictionary

Kincheng

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative form of Jincheng (Taiwan)

Word forms

Kincheng

Etymology

From the Nanking court dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金城 (Jīnchéng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.

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