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Mandchou
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mandchou
English
Etymology
en :bor fr:Mandchou + 1
Noun
en Manchu.
Proper noun
en Manchu.
en 1844 John Holmes Agnew; Walter Hilliard Bidwell The Eclectic Magazine http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2tpMv4OLDpcC&pg=PA569&dq=%22a+paradigma%22&ei=3v-5SI6cNoGSyATDtMXJBQ#PPA569,M1 569 The volume before us presents, first of all, a paradigma, or specimen sheet, on which each letter of the English alphabet, small and capital, written and printed, is accompanied by its pronunciation in Chinese phonetic signs, as well as in Mandchou letters.
French
Etymology
From fr mnc ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ; first attested in 1724 as Mant-cheoux.
Noun
m +
Manchu (person)
Related terms
fr Mandchourie
Further reading
fr Demonyms