Celestial

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See also: celestial and Célestial

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the Celestial Empire, a colloquialism for the Chinese Empire / Empire of China / Imperial China.

Noun

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Celestial (plural Celestials)

  1. (historical) a person from the Celestial Empire (usually associated with the period of the Qing Dynasty)
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 256:
      However, with true Celestial pertinacity, `John' has stuck to his work.
    • 1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea[1], Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 255[2]:
      Kharbin []
      It 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.
    • 1952 January 25, “HISTORY: Ing ‘Doc’ Hay is dead”, in Blue Mountain Eagle[3]:
      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 ‘Doc’ Hay he was plenty sick, []

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Descendants

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  • French: Célestial

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Celestial, from celestial.

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Proper noun

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Celestiál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜎ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish
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