China

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Wikipedia has an article on:

China

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enPR: chī'nə, IPA: /ˈtʃaɪ.nə/, SAMPA: /"tSaI.n@/
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Rhymes: -aɪnə

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Persian چین (ṣīn, “Chinese; porcelain”), probably from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “a people of south-eastern Tibet”).

Typically though possibly erroneously derived from the Qin (Wade-Giles: "Ch'in") Dynasty (秦朝).

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The flag of the People's Republic of China

China

A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国).
A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
The civilization of the Chinese people.

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Terms derived from "China"

[edit] Translations

Country in east Asia

Abkhaz: Чынҭ (ab) (Čynṭ)
Afrikaans: Sjina (af), China (af)
Albanian: Kina (sq)
Amharic: ቻይና (am) (čayna)
Arabic: الصين (ar) (al-Siin) f.
Armenian: Չինաստան (hy) (Činastan)
Azeri: Çin (az)

Cyrillic: Чин (az)
Bashkir: Ҡытай (Ķıtay)
Basque: Txina (eu)
Bavarian: Kina
Belarusian: Кітай (be) (Kitáj) m.
Bengali: চীন (bn) (cīna), গণচীন (bn)
Bosnian: Kina (bs) f.
Bulgarian: Китай (bg) (Kitáj) m.
Burmese: တရုတ် (my) (tăyouq), တရုတ်နိုင်ငံ (my) (tăyouq-nain-gan)
Catalan: Xina f.
Cherokee: ᏥᎾ (chr) (tsina)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 中國, 中国 (zung1 gwok3)

Mandarin: 中國 (cmn), 中国 (cmn) (Zhōngguó)

Min Nan: 中國, 中国 (Tiong-kok)
Croatian: Kina (hr) f.
Czech: Čína (cs) f.
Danish: Kina (da)
Dhivehi: ޗައިނާ (dv) (čainā), ސީނުކަރަ (dv) (sīnukara)
Dutch: China (nl) n.
Dzongkha: རྒྱ་ནག (dz) (rgya nag), རྒྱ་མི (dz) (rgya mi)
Esperanto: Ĉinio (eo), Ĉinujo (eo), Ĥinujo (eo)
Estonian: Hiina (et)
Faroese: Kina (fo) n.
Finnish: Kiina (fi)
French: Chine (fr) f.
Georgian: ჩინეთი (ka) (č'inet'i)
German: China (de) n.
Greek: Κίνα (el) (Kína) f.
Gujarati: ચીન (gu) (čin)
Hebrew: סִין (he) (sin) f.
Hindi: चीन (hi) (cīn) m.
Hungarian: Kína (hu)
Icelandic: Kína (is) n.
Indonesian: Cina (id), China (id), Tiongkok (id)
Interlingua: China
Irish: An tSín (ga), Daon-Phoblacht na Síne (ga) f.
Italian: Cina (it) f.
Japanese: 中国 (ja) (ちゅうごく, Chūgoku)
Kalenjin: Chaina
Kamba: Chaina
Kannada: ಚೀನಾ (kn) (čīnā), ಚೀನ (kn) (čīna)
Kashmiri: चीन (ks) (cīn)
Kazakh: Қытай (kk) (Qytáj), Жұңго (kk) (Juñgo)
Khmer: ចិន (km) (chən)
Kikuyu: Chaina
Korean: 중국 (ko) (Jungguk) (中國 (ko))
Kurdish: چین (ku) (Çîn), Çîn (ku)
Kyrgyz: Кытай (ky) (Kytáj), Жуңго (ky) (Cuñgo)
Lao: ຈີນ (lo) (ciin)
Latin: Sina (la) f.
Latvian: Ķīna (lv) f.
Lithuanian: Kinija (lt)

Luhya: Chaina
Luo: Chaina
Macedonian: Кина (mk) (Kína) f.
Malagasy: Sina (mg)
Malay: Negara China (ms), China (ms), Cina (ms)
Malayalam: ചൈന (ml) (čaina)
Maltese: iċ-Ċina (mt) f.
Marathi: चीन (mr) (čīn)
Meru: Chaina
Mongolian: Хятад (mn) (Hjátad), Дундад улс (mn) (Dundad uls)

Uyghurjin: (Inner Mongolia) ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (mn) (Kitad), ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (mn) (Dumdadu ulus)
Navajo: Tsiiʼyiishbizhí Dinéʼiʼ Bikéyah
Nepali: चीन (ne) (cīn)
Norwegian: Kina (no)
Oriya: ଚୀନ (or) (čīn)
Ossetian: Китай (Kitaj)
Palauan: Sina
Pashto: چين (ps) (Čīn), ختاي (ps) (Ḫatāy)
Persian: چین (fa) (Čin)
Polish: Chiny (pl) pl.
Portuguese: China (pt) f.
Punjabi: ਚੀਨ (pa) (čīn)
Romanian: China (ro) f.
Russian: Китай (ru) (Kitáj) m., Поднебесная (ru) (Podnebésnaja) f. (poetic, see 天下), Срединное Царство (ru) (Sredínnoje Cárstvo) n. (Middle Kingdom)
Rusyn: Кітай (Kitáj) m.
Sanskrit: चीन (sa) (čīna) m.
Scottish Gaelic: Sìona (gd) f., Sìna f.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Кина (sh) f.

Roman: Kina (sh) f.
Sinhalese: චීනය (si) (čīnaya)
Slovak: Čína (sk) f.
Slovene: Kitajska (sl) f.
Spanish: China (es) f.
Swahili: Uchina (sw)
Swedish: Kina (sv)
Tagalog: Tsina (tl)
Tajik: Чин (tg) (Čin), Хитой (tg) (Xitoy)
Tamil: சீனா (ta) (cīṉā)
Tatar: Кытай (tt) (Qıtay)
Telugu: చైనా (te) (čainā)
Thai: จีน (th) (jeen)
Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག (bo) (rgya nag), ཀྲུང་གོ (bo) (kruṅ go)
Turkish: Çin (tr)
Turkmen: Hytaý (tk), Çin (tk)

Cyrillic: Хытай (tk), Чин (tk)
Tuvan: Кыдат (Kydat)
Ukrainian: Китай (uk) (Kytáj) m.
Urdu: چین (ur) (cīn) m.
Uyghur: خىتاي (ug) (xitay), جۇڭگو (ug) (junggo)
Uzbek: Xitoy (uz)

Cyrillic: Хитой (uz)
Vietnamese: Trung Quốc (vi) (中國), Cộng hòa Nhân dân Trung Hoa, CHND Trung Hoa, CHNDTH, Tàu, Trung Hoa, Tàu đỏ (lit: "Red China"), Trung cộng ("Communist China")
Welsh: Tsieina
Yiddish: כינע (yi) (khine)

Region corresponding to the People's Republic of China and Taiwan

Arabic: الصين (ar) (al-Siin) f.
Armenian: Չինաստան (hy) (Činastan)
Basque: Txina (eu)
Bosnian: Kina (bs) f.
Catalan: Xina (ca) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 中國 (cmn), 中国 (cmn) (Zhōngguó)
Croatian: Kina (hr) f.
Danish: Kina (da)
Estonian: Hiina (et)
Finnish: Kiina (fi)
Hindi: चीन (hi) (čīn)
Irish: An tSín (ga) f.
Japanese: 中国 (ja) (ちゅうごく, Chūgoku)
Korean: 중국지역 [中國地域] (junggukjiyeok)
Kurdish: چین (ku)
Macedonian: Кина (mk) (Kína) f.

Malay: China (ms)
Marathi: चीन (mr) (čīn)
Navajo: Tsiiʼyiishbizhí Dinéʼiʼ Bikéyah
Norwegian: Kina (no)
Persian: چین (fa) (čīn)
Polish: Chiny (pl) pl.
Romanian: China (ro) f.
Russian: Китай (ru) (Kitáj) m.
Sanskrit: चीन (sa) (čīn)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: Кина f.

Roman: Kina f.
Slovene: Kitajska (sl) f.
Swedish: Kina (sv)
Urdu: چین (ur) (čīn)
Vietnamese: Trung Quốc (vi) (中國), Trung Hoa (vi), Tàu (vi)

Civilisation of the Chinese people

Arabic: الصين (ar) (al-Siin) f.
Bosnian: Kina (bs) f.
Catalan: Xina (ca) f.
Croatian: Kina (hr) f.
Danish: Kina (da)
Finnish: Kiina (fi)
Irish: An tSín (ga) f.
Korean: 중국문명 [中華文明] (junggukmunmyeong)
Macedonian: Кина (mk) (Kína) f.

Malay: Cina (ms)
Persian: چین (čīn)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: Кина (sr) f.

Roman: Kina f.
Slovene: Kitajska (sl) f.
Swedish: Kina (sv)
Vietnamese: Trung Quốc, Trung Hoa, Tàu

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Breton: Sina
Dhivehi: ސީނުކަރަ (Seenu Kara)
Interlingua: China

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chain

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^nl

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China

China (the country)

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German Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^de

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IPA: [ˈçiːnaː], colloquially: [ˈʃiːnaː]
Austria, Switzerland: [ˈkiːnaː]
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China n.

China (the country)

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^id

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China

China (the country)
Chinese (language)

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Cina

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Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^ia

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China

China (the country)

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^ms

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China

China (the country)
Chinese (language)

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Cina

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^pt

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China f.

China (the country)

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China f.

China (the country)

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^es

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China f.

China (the country)

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chino, china

China

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