User:Frigoris/Modern Germanic Place Names

Inspired by User:Rua/Modern Germanic


 * Anyang
 * - semantic loan from


 * Beijing
 * - calque from +


 * Chengdu
 * *Dengatō - from unknown historical language via Old Chinese


 * Dunhuang
 * *Þrowānō - from, from


 * Guangzhou
 * - ; Cf., , , confused with , from.


 * Luoyang
 * - partial calque from +
 * - partial calque from +
 * Resemblance with is purely coincidental.


 * Nanjing
 * - calque from
 * - calque from


 * Quanzhou
 * - from via Latin calque *; cf..


 * Qufu
 * - phono-semantic matching and calque: +


 * Shanghai
 * - calque from


 * Xiamen
 * - phono-semantic matching of Hokkien ,


 * Xi'an
 * - calque from +
 * - calque from
 * - partial calque from ~  +