菜苑

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Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (菜苑)
simp. #(菜苑)

Etymology

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From Spanish Torreón, via Taishanese.

萊苑莱苑 (Láiyuàn) is certainly a corruption of 菜苑 (Càiyuàn), as the reverse () would be unusual considering the Chinese tendency to prefer elegant characters in transliteration.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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菜苑

  1. () (dated) Torreón (a city in Coahuila, Mexico)

Synonyms

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