Chaenne

Norman

Alternative forms

• Chène (continental Normandy)
• Chinne (Jersey)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian چینی (čīnī, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čīn, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-ī), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

Proper noun

Chaenne f

1. (Guernsey) China

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