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Iansuchian
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English
Etymology
From Matteo Ricci's romanization of the Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca) Nanjing Mandarin pronunciation of zh 揚子江 Yángzǐ Jiāng before the palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]
Proper noun
The Yangtze River.
en Iansu Yamsu