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Celestial
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celestial Célestial
English
Alternative forms
en celestial
Etymology 1
From the Celestial Empire, a colloquialism for the Chinese Empire / Empire of China / Imperial China.
Noun
en historical a person from the Celestial Empire usually associated with the period of the Qing Dynasty
en 1887 Harriet W. Daly Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia 256 However, with true Celestial pertinacity, `John' has stuck to his work.
en 1912 Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea https://archive.org/details/northernchinaval00madr/ Hachette & Company 58389296 255 https://archive.org/details/northernchinaval00madr/page/255/ https://books.google.com/books?id=lkNMAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA255 KharbinIt is quite a modern Russian town having been founded in 1899 as a centre for the administration of the East China Railyway and the civil and military control of Manchuria. The Celestials call it Ha-êrh-pin. The city was officially opened to international trade on the 14th January 1907, in accordance with the terms of the Chino-Japanese treaty of the 22nd December 1905.
en 1952 January 25 HISTORY: Ing ‘Doc’ Hay is dead Blue Mountain Eagle (newspaper) Blue Mountain Eagle http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/History/20170928/history-ing-doc-hay-is-dead The Celestial was a smart old coot, too. I recall a cowboy who had a violent toothache, went in to try and fool him and told Ing Hay ‘Doc’ Hay he was plenty sick, 25 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20180521072708/http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/History/20170928/history-ing-doc-hay-is-dead 21 May 2018
Synonyms
Chinese
Chinaman
Qing when referring to Qing China
Ching when referring to the Qing Empire
Ch'ing when referring to the Qing Dynasty
Related terms
en w:Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge
Descendants
fr Célestial
Translations
Chinese person
Dutch: nl hemelrijker m
Etymology 2
After the name Celestial City.
Adjective
en poetic Coming from or having to do with Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Anagrams
en aceeillst cistellae
en People
en New Brunswick, Canada
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es Celestial, from es celestial.
Pronunciation
Celestiyál selestiyal
Proper noun
Celestiál selestiyal
tl Spanish
Related terms
tl selestiyal