English Explanatory Dictionary

Kinsha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China)
  2. Alternative form of Jinsha (Kinmen, Taiwan)

Word forms

Kinsha

Etymology

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

Related words

Kinsha Kiang
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