英吉利
Chinese
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; (abbrev) Britain; English |
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trad. (英吉利) | 英 | 吉利 | |
simp. #(英吉利) | 英 | 吉利 |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching from a word in a European language meaning English. Compare English English (adjective), Portuguese inglês (“English”, adjective), Japanese イギリス (Igirisu, “UK; Britain; England”).
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