MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
pauciennial
From New Latin pauciennis + English -ial, after -ennial.
Ho'oleilana
From Hawaiian hoʻoleilei ka lana (“sent sounds of awakening”). Coined by R. Brent Tully, Cullan Howlett, and Daniel Pomarède, in 2023; see quotation below.
shoti
Borrowed from Hokkien 小弟 (sió-tǐ, “younger brother; youngest brother”).
Kerridge
From Old English cǣġ (“stone boulder; key”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).
Mark Cross
From Middle English marke, from Old English mearc, "cross on the (parish) boundary".
Wanning
From Mandarin 萬寧／万宁 (Wànníng).
Wuzhishan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 五指山 (Wǔzhǐshān).
Ledong
From Mandarin 樂東 /乐东 (Lèdōng).
Dongfang
From Mandarin 東方 /东方 (Dōngfāng).
Changjiang
From Mandarin 昌江 (Chāngjiāng).
Qiongzhong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瓊中 /琼中 (Qióngzhōng).
Tunchang
From Mandarin 屯昌 (Túnchāng).
Ding'an
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定安 (Dìng'ān).
Laureline
From French Laureline. By surface analysis, Laurel + -ine.
Huishan
From Mandarin 惠山 (Huìshān).
Coloane
Borrowed from Portuguese Coloane, from Cantonese 過路環 /过路环 (gwo³ lou⁶ waan⁴), a Qing-era name of the sea off the southwest coast of Coloane.
Hengqin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 橫琴 /横琴 (Héngqín).
Zaharchuk
Borrowed from Ukrainian Захарчу́к (Zaxarčúk).
Navoiy
From Uzbek Navoiy, from Classical Persian نَوَائِی (nawā'ī, literally “melodious”), from نَوَا (nawā, “melody”) + ـئِی (-'ī, suffix forming adjectives).
Shahrisabz
From Classical Persian شَهْرِ سَبْز (šahr-i sabz, literally “the green city”).
vidience
From Latin vidēre (“to see”), by analogy with audience from Latin audīre (“to hear”).
kitbag question
Calque of Hebrew שְׁאֵלַת קִיטְבֶּג (she'elat kitbeg). An apocryphal tale of the term's origin involves a squad of soldiers in the Israeli Army:
A commander tells the soldiers, "We're going on a 5 mile run". And some dip asks, "Do we have to bring our kitbags?" At which point, the answer is yes. It wouldn't have been if the soldier hadn't asked the question.
The story is retold with some variation, but always involving a commander telling a subordinate soldier to run with his kitbag.
rent seck
From late Middle English rent sek, from Anglo-Norman rente sec; sec rente (literally “dry rent”), ultimately from Latin siccus. Compare Middle English secce (“dry”).
yoficator
Borrowed from Russian ёфикатор (jófikator).
Muziris
Ultimately from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀼𑀘𑀺𑀭𑀺 (muciri) through Ancient Greek Μούζιρις (Moúziris) and Latin Mūziris.
kersenneh
Borrowed from Arabic كِرْسِنَّة (kirsinna).
syphilographer
After archaic French syphilographe (now syphiligraphe).
tao-tieh
From Mandarin 饕餮 (tāotiè) Wade–Giles romanization: tʻao¹-tʻieh⁴.
reverse bunny suit
From reverse + bunny suit, calque of Japanese 逆バニー (gyaku-banī, literally “reverse bunny”), which became a fad among Japanese artists in 2020.
mankurt
From Russian манкурт (mankurt). Coined by the Kyrgyz author Chinghiz Aitmatov in his novel The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years (1980), in which people are turned into docile servants (mankurts) by exposing camel skin wrapped around their heads to the heat of the sun; the skins tighten as they dry, causing brain damage, such that the mankurts no longer recognize their name, family, or tribe—"a mankurt did not recognise himself as a human being".
Ronia
* Borrowed from Swedish Ronja, from the book of Lindgren.
* Transliteration of Russian Роня (Ronja), diminutive of Вероника (Veronika).
Kuantien
From Mandarin 官田 (Guāntián) Wade–Giles romanization: Kuan¹-tʻien².
From Mandarin 寬甸 (Kuāndiàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻuan¹-tien⁴.
heutagogy
From Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find, discover”) + -agogy.
Huangyuan
From Mandarin 湟源 (Huángyuán).
Huangzhong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湟中 (Huángzhōng).
Chengxi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 城西 (Chéngxī).
Chengdong
From Mandarin 城東 /城东 (Chéngdōng).
neurosthenia
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) + Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos). By surface analysis, neuro- (“nerve”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).
Ninilchik
Borrowed from Russian Нини́льчик (Ninílʹčik), likely from Dena'ina niqnilchint (“place where a lodge is built”).
Hromadka
Borrowed from Czech Hromádka, nickname from hromádka, a diminutive of hromada (“heap, pile”).
taosi
Borrowed from Cantonese 豆豉 (dau⁶ si⁶).
Kapelushnik
From Polish kapelusznik (“hatmaker, hatter”), from kapelusz + -nik.
Kottayam
Borrowed from Malayalam കോട്ടയം (kōṭṭayaṁ).
Ebberston
From the Old English personal name Eadbriht + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
karung guni
From Malay karung guni (“gunny sack”); guni is derived from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī). Doublet of gunny.
techneme
From French technème; the French word is found in J. Baudrillard.
Ramalingam
Borrowed from Tamil ராமலிங்கம் (rāmaliṅkam).
Rassi
Borrowed from Arabic رَأْسِيّ (raʔsiyy, “main, principal, vertical”); this surname is predominantly found in Lebanon.
Juran
Borrowed from Czech Jurán or Slovak Juran, from an old hypocoristic form of the personal name Jura.
Micaiah
From מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”). The name Micah is a shortened form, such as in the book of the Bible (Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh)) or the Ephraimite mentioned in Judges 17-18.
Southern Province
In Sri Lanka either:
* A calque of Tamil தென் மாகாணம் (teṉ mākāṇam).
* A calque of Sinhalese දකුණු පළාත (dakuṇu paḷāta).
Western Province
Either:
* a calque of Sinhalese බස්නාහිර පළාත (basnāhira paḷāta)
* a calque of Tamil மேல் மாகாணம் (mēl mākāṇam)
Nowa Sarzyna
From Polish nowa (“new”) + Sarzyna.
Nuskhuri
Borrowed from Georgian ნუსხური (nusxuri, “small letters”), from ნუსხა (nusxa, “inventory, schedule”).
regeneratrix
Learned borrowing from Latin regenerātrīx. By surface analysis, regenerate + -trix.
dilruba
Borrowed from Hindustani دلربا / दिलरुबा (dilrubā).
Hebraica
Learned borrowing from Late Latin hebraica, neuter plural of hebraicus (“Hebrew”), from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī, “Hebrew”) (likely through Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray, “Hebrew”)), traditionally from עֵבֶר ('éver, “Eber”), the ancestor of the Israelites. By surface analysis, Hebra- + -ica.
kettle logic
Calque of French logique du chaudron. The expression was used by Jacques Derrida in reference to a story related by Sigmund Freud, in which a man accused by his neighbour of having returned a kettle in a damaged condition offers three conflicting arguments: that he returned the kettle undamaged; that it was already damaged when he borrowed it; and that he never borrowed it in the first place.
kameti
Borrowed from Urdu کَمیٹی (kameṭī), itself from committee.
kakodaimon
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn). By surface analysis, kako- + daimon.
eudaimon
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn). By surface analysis, eu- + daimon.
binocles-ciseaux
Borrowed from French binocles-ciseaux (literally “scissors-glasses”).
Bora Bora
From Tahitian Porapora (literally “firstborn”).
ras el hanout
From Arabic رَأْس اَلْحَانُوت (raʔs al-ḥānūt, literally “head of the shop”).
lost decade
Calque of Japanese 失われた10年 (ushinawareta juu-nen).
pesh-kabz
From Classical Persian پیش قبض (pēš qabz, “foregrip”).
Meganisi
From Greek Μεγανήσι (Meganísi, literally “big island”).
Manpo
Borrowed from Korean 만포(滿浦) (Manpo).
Forschungsstipendia
The plural form of German Forschungsstipendium declined in accordance with the Latinate nominative and accusative plural of its etymon, Stipendium (Stipendia, from Latin stīpendia, the nominative, accusative, and vocative plural of stīpendium, a second-declension neuter noun; see English -um, -a). *Forschungsstipendia does not occur in German.
Cockerton
Habitational surname from an area of Darlington, in County Durham, from the name of a local river + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Chinchai
From Mandarin 金寨 (Jīnzhài) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-chai⁴.
lawting
From Norn, ultimately from Old Norse lǫg (“law”) + þing (“a legal assembly”). Doublet of Lagting.
Chinchiang
From Mandarin 晉江 /晋江 (Jìnjiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin⁴-chiang¹.
Marpesia
From Ancient Greek Μαρπησία (Marpēsía, literally “snatcher”).
brocon
Borrowed from Japanese ブラコン (burakon), from ブラザーコンプレックス (burazā konpurekkusu), itself borrowed from English brother complex. By surface analysis, bro (“brother”) + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).
chavurah
Borrowed from Hebrew חֲבוּרָה (khavurá, “fellowship”).
jjimjilbang
Borrowed from Korean 찜질방 (jjimjilbang), from 찜질 (jjimjil, “stupe, poultice, heating”) + 방(房) (bang, “room”).
dictyonal
From dictyo- + -n- + -al, from Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “fishing net”).
holishkes
From Yiddish האָלישקעס (holishkes).
Baiyin
From Mandarin 白銀 /白银 (Báiyín).
Ribbleton
Recorded as Ribleton in 1201; equivalent to the River Ribble + -ton, from Old English tūn.
Banmendian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 板門店 /板门店 (Bǎnméndiàn).
Slender West Lake
Calque from Chinese 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú, literally “Skinny West Lake”), the adjective distinguishing it from West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Cadmea
From Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía), named after Cadmus, the legendary founder of Thebes.
Jinghai
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靜海 /静海 (Jìnghǎi).
Xiqing
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西青 (Xīqīng).
Jinnan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 津南 (Jīnnán).
Hedong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河東 /河东 (Hédōng).
Nankai
From Mandarin 南開 /南开 (Nánkāi).
Hongqiao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅橋 /红桥 (Hóngqiáo).
Beichen
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北辰 (Běichén).
Dongli
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東麗 /东丽 (Dōnglì).
Ninghe
From Mandarin 寧河 /宁河 (Nínghé).
Baodi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寶坻 /宝坻 (Bǎodǐ).
Jizhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 薊州 /蓟州 (Jìzhōu).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 濟州 /济州 (Jìzhōu).
fawad
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole fahwud (“to come”), farwud, faawud, itself a respelling of English forward.
Warhol
Alteration of Warhola, from Carpathian Rusyn вархола (varxola).
Bardez
From Konkani बार्देस (bārdes), from बारा (bārā, “twelve”) + देश (deśa, “territories”), referring to Aldona, Anjuna, Assagao, Candolim, Moira, Nachinola, Olaulim, Pomburpa, Saligao, Sangolda, Serula, and Siolim.
sakin-deh
Borrowed from Hindi साकिन देह (sākin deh).
sakin mauza
Borrowed from Hindi साकिन मौज़ा (sākin mauzā).
sakin mauja
Borrowed from Hindi साकिन मौजा (sākin maujā).
koinophobia
Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common, general”) and the modern English suffix -phobia, itself from the Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía, “fear”).
pantle
From Middle English pantelle (cf. pontel), from pantere, or either a variant of panter or a word derived from the same source (Anglo-Norman panter). Appears already by the 15th century. By surface analysis, panter + -le (“suffix forming diminutives”).
Amaxosas
From Xhosa amaXhosa (already plural) plus English plural marker -s.
embelif
From Middle English embelif (“oblique (adj.); obliquely (adv.)”) (compare Middle English embelink), from Old French en belif / beslif, related to Latin ob-līquus.
giubo
From Italian giubo, from giunto (“joint”) + Boschi, named for inventor Antonio Boschi.
ingberlach
From Yiddish אינגבערלעך (ingberlekh), from אינגבער (ingber, “ginger”).
Palermitan
From Italian palermitano, from Latin Panormitānus. By surface analysis, Palermo + -itan. Doublet of Panormitan.
Bodnaryk
Borrowed from Ukrainian Боднарюк (Bodnarjuk).
Anbu
From Mandarin 庵埠 /菴埠 (Ānbù).
currence
Borrowed from Latin currentia + -ence, from Latin currō (“to run”).
Aberangell
From Welsh aber + Afon Angell, the mouth of the River Angell.
Idaean
From Latin Idaeus (from Ancient Greek Ἰδαῖος (Idaîos)) + -an.
Tirebolu
From Turkish Tirebolu and Ottoman Turkish تیرهبولی (Tirebolu), from Byzantine Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “tri-: three”) + πολις (polis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Tripoli and Tripolis.
Tumakuru
Borrowed from Kannada ತುಮಕುರು (tumakuru).
Hubballi
Borrowed from Kannada ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ (hubbaḷḷi).
Shivamogga
Borrowed from Kannada ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗಾ (śivamoggā).
Hosapete
Borrowed from Kannada ಹೊಸಪೇಟೆ (hosapēṭe).
Chikkamagaluru
Borrowed from Kannada ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು (cikkamagaḷūru).
Palakkad
Borrowed from Malayalam പാലക്കാട് (pālakkāṭŭ).
Vijayapura
Borrowed from Kannada ವಿಜಯಪುರ (vijayapura).
Ballari
Borrowed from Kannada ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ (baḷḷāri).
Hoshangabad
From Hindustani होशंगाबाद (hośaṅgābād) / ہوشنگ آباد.
Mayiladuthurai
From Tamil மயிலாடுதுறை (mayilāṭutuṟai).
Nagaon
From Assamese নগাওঁ (nogaü̃).
Pokrova
Borrowed from Ukrainian Покрова (Pokrova) or Russian Покров (Pokrov).
Ramanathapuram
Borrowed from Tamil இராமநாதபுரம் (irāmanātapuram).
Thalassery
From Malayalam തലശ്ശേരി (talaśśēri).
Tindivanam
Borrowed from Tamil திண்டிவனம் (tiṇṭivaṉam).
two-dish rice
Calque of Cantonese 兩餸飯 /两𩠌饭 (loeng⁵ sung³ faan⁶, literally “two-dish rice”).
Lior
From Hebrew לִיאוֹר (Lior, “my light”).
Kuala Selangor
From Malay kuala + Selangor (“the river”).
Thiruvallikeni
Borrowed from Tamil திருவல்லிக்கேணி (tiruvallikkēṇi).
lijerica
From Serbo-Croatian lijerica, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “lyra”).
Viluppuram
Borrowed from Tamil விழுப்புரம் (viḻuppuram).
Virudhachalam
Borrowed from Tamil விருத்தாச்சலம் (viruttāccalam).
Tanah Merah
From Malay tanah merah (red land, soil, earth).
obiter scriptum
From Latin: obiter scrīptum (“[a thing] written on the way”), from obiter (“on the way, incidentally”) + scrīptum (“text, anything written, writing”). Formed on the pattern of the earlier obiter dictum, with which it is often paired (especially in the plural).
it wasn't only only
From a quote by World Rally Championship ex-driver Henning Solberg, in turn a literal translation of Norwegian Bokmål Men men, det er ikke bare bare.
Marderosian
Borrowed from Armenian Մարտիրոսյան (Martirosyan).
kuromitsu
From Japanese 黒蜜 (kuromitsu, literally “black honey”).
sinkwa towelsponge
Sinkwa likely from Cantonese 勝瓜 /胜瓜 (sing³ gwaa¹).
Hamasnik
From Hebrew חַמַאסְנִיק (khamásnik). By surface analysis, Hamas + -nik.
Rangpuri
Equivalent to Rangpur + -i, either borrowed from Bengali রংপুরী (roṅpuri) or from Kamta রংপুরী.
Desia
Either from Odia ଦେଶିଆ (deśiā) or from Desiya ଦେଶିଆ (deśia).
Mewari
From Mewari मेवाड़ी (mevāṛī).
Nimadi
From Nimadi निमाड़ी (nimāṛī).
kleestengel
From older German Kleestengel (since 1996 now spelled Kleestängel).
Sorang Sompeng
Borrowed from Sora 𑃐𑃦𑃝𑃗 𑃐𑃦𑃖𑃛𑃣𑃗 (sorang sompeng).
Ayyub
Borrowed from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb).
Wulin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 武林 (Wǔlín), ancient name of Hangzhou, which is traditionally derived from the name given to the area of Wulin Mountains and Wulin Lakes.
Cwmtwrch
From Welsh; the words imply the meaning boar valley but Welsh twrch derives from a verb and thus it may refer to the central river digging through the valley.
Haibei
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 海北 (Hǎiběi).
Haiyan
From the Mandarin 海晏 (Hǎiyàn).
Qilian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 祁連 /祁连 (Qílián).
Menyuan
From the Mandarin 門源 /门源 (Ményuán).
Alrakis
From Arabic الرَّاقِص (ar-rāqiṣ, “the dancer”).
Floresca
Borrowed from Spanish Floresca; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
Brunker
Borrowed from German Brünker. It could also be a variant of Brunger.
Cortorreal
Borrowed from Spanish Cortorreal; this surname is predominantly found in the Dominican Republic.
Couse
Patronymic surname, from the medieval English personal name Kouse, Kause, corresponding to Old Norse Kausi, a nickname meaning "tomcat".
cerulescence
From Latin caerulescens, from caeruleus (“cerulean”), from caelum + -uleus, equivalent to cerulean + -escence. By surface analysis, cerule + -escence.
coll'ottava
From Italian coll'ottava (literally “with the octave”).
Yangzhou fried rice
Partial calque of Mandarin 揚州炒飯 /扬州炒饭 (Yángzhōu chǎofàn), from Cantonese 揚州炒飯 /扬州炒饭 (joeng⁴ zau¹ caau² faan⁶).
sikinnis
From Ancient Greek σίκιννις (síkinnis), after a certain Σίκιννος.
anabibazon
From Ancient Greek ἀναβιβάζων (anabibázōn).
Tongliao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通遼 /通辽 (Tōngliáo).
Horqin
CH/T 4007 transliteration of Mongolian ᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ, in turn from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ (qorčin) and Middle Mongol 豁儿臣 (qorčin).
Jurong East
Named after the river Sungei Jurong. From Malay jurang (“gap, ravine”), jerung (“shark”) or penjuru (“corner”).
Tiswadi
Borrowed from Konkani तिसवाडी (tisvāḍī).
Margao
Borrowed from Portuguese Margão, from Konkani मडगांव (maḍgāuva).
Cortalim
Borrowed from Portuguese Cortalim, from Konkani कुठ्ठाळी (kuṭhṭhāḷī).
Agassaim
From Portuguese Agaçaim, from Konkani अगशी (agśī).
Tallaferro
Borrowed from Spanish Tallaferro, itself from Catalan Tallaferro.
apodyopsis
From Ancient Greek ἀποδύω (apodúō, “strip off, undress”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”). The term is not recorded in other major dictionaries and is likely a neologism.
basorexia
From Latin bāsium (“kiss”) + -orexia. The term is not recorded in other major dictionaries and is likely a neologism. By surface analysis, bas- + -orexia.
Sunwar
Borrowed from Sunwar सुनुवार (sunuvār).
Bundelkhand
Borrowed from Hindi बुंदेलखंड (bundelkhaṇḍ).
Khachikyan
Borrowed from Armenian Խաչիկյան (Xačʻikyan).
Varhadi
Borrowed from Varhadi वऱ्हाडी (varhāḍī).
Mapusa
Borrowed from Portuguese Mapuçá, from Konkani म्हापशें (mhāpśẽ).
Sudetic
Borrowed from Latin Sūdēticus, but with pronunciation influenced by German Sudeten and sudetisch.
Kyleakin
From Scottish Gaelic Caol Akain, the narrow strait of Kyle Akin.
Zhob
Borrowed from Urdu ژوب (žob), from Pashto ږوب (ǵob).
Muslim Bagh
Borrowed from Urdu مُسْلِم باغ (muslim bāġ).
Pakpattan
Borrowed from Urdu پاکْپَتّن (pākpattan).
Folegandros
From Ancient Greek Φολέγανδρος (Pholégandros).
Raohe
From the Mandarin 饒河 /饶河 (Ráohé).
Yenki
From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 延吉 (Yánjí), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].
Chifeng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 赤峰 (Chìfēng).
Liddel Water
From Old English hlȳde + dæl, valley of the River Lid (loud one).
Chimal
Borrowed from Spanish chimal (“shield”), itself from Nahuatl chimalli (“shield”). This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
Liddel
From the placename shared by Liddel Castle, Liddel Strength, the Liddel Water, and the former barony of Liddel around them, from Middle English Lidelesdale &c., from Old English hlÿde (“loud, River Lid”) + dæl (“dale, valley”), now Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water.
Liddesdale
From Middle English Lidelesdale (1179) &c., from Old English hlÿde (“loud, River Lid”) + dæl (“dale, valley”).
vinok
Borrowed from Ukrainian віно́к (vinók), from Old East Slavic вѣнъкъ (věnŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnъkъ, from *věnъ (“wreath”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to plait, twist, weave, wind”)) + *-ъkъ (diminutive suffix).
Po Toi
From Cantonese 蒲台 (pou⁴ toi⁴).
Shek Ngau Chau
From Cantonese 石牛洲.
woon-gyee
Borrowed from Burmese ဝန်ကြီး (wankri:).
Qinbei
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 欽北 /钦北.
Qinnan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 欽南 /钦南.
Lingshan
From Mandarin 靈山 /灵山 (Língshān).
Pubei
From Mandarin 浦北 (Pǔběi, literally “Hepu north”).
Dashavatara
Borrowed from Sanskrit दशावतार (daśāvatāra).
Aiyanar
Borrowed from Tamil ஐயனார் (aiyaṉār).
from the river to the sea
A calque of Arabic مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ (mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri, “from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea”), popularized among Palestinians by the Palestine Liberation Organization, from Hebrew בין הים לירדן (“between the [Mediterranean] sea and the Jordan [river]”); as seen in the platform of the right-wing Zionist Likud party in 1977; both referring to the geography of Palestine.
buuz
From Mongolian бууз (buuz). Doublet of baozi.
Sanssouci
Borrowed from German Sanssouci, from French sans souci (“without worry”).
Dunworth
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), a personal name composed of the elements donn (“brown-haired”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”).
Ciraulo
Borrowed from Italian Ciraulo, Italianization of Sicilian Ciraulu, from ciraulu (“snake charmer”).
Coriz
Probably of Spanish origin, even though the original form of the surname is unknown.
Bruckman
Americanized form of German Bruckmann or Brückmann.
Fornwalt
Borrowed from German Fornwalt, a topographic surname for someone who lived in front of a wood.
Dungworth
From Old English dung (“dungeon, underground place”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
opisthosphendone
From Ancient Greek ὀπισθοσφενδόνη (opisthosphendónē), from ὄπισθεν (ópisthen, “behind”) + σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “sling”).
Jeseri
Borrowed from Malayalam ജസരി (jasari), from Arabic جَزَرِيّ (jazariyy, “islander”).
oinokhoai
From Ancient Greek οἰνοχόαι (oinokhóai).
pelikai
From Ancient Greek πελῐ́και (pelĭ́kai).
pelikae
From Ancient Greek πελῐ́και (pelĭ́kai).
kotylai
From Ancient Greek κοτῠ́λαι (kotŭ́lai).
kotylae
From Ancient Greek κοτῠ́λαι (kotŭ́lai).
Arwi
Borrowed from Tamil அற்விய்யு (aṟviyyu).
cotylai
From Ancient Greek κοτῠ́λαι (kotŭ́lai).
Anshun
From Mandarin 安順 /安顺 (Ānshùn).
Pingba
From Mandarin 平壩 /平坝 (Píngbà).
Puding
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 普定 (Pǔdìng).
Xixiu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西秀 (Xīxiù).
Ziyun
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紫雲 /紫云 (Zǐyún).
Zhenning
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮寧 /镇宁 (Zhènníng).
Guanling
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 關嶺 /关岭.
Chobanian
Borrowed from Armenian Չոբանյան (Čʻobanyan).
Suktimati
Borrowed from Sanskrit शुक्तिमती (śuktimatī).
Chobanyan
Borrowed from Armenian Չոբանյան (Čʻobanyan).
Plains of Abraham
Calque of French Plaines d'Abraham, from plaine + Abraham. Named after Scottish farmer, fisherman and river pilot Abraham Martin, who immigrated to New France from Scotland; the landowner whose field occupied a part of the clifftop plain, along with the military drill field, outside the fortress and city walls.
Chebsey
From Old English personal name *Ċebbi, in the genitive singular case as *Ċebbes + ēġ (“island”), thus 'Cebbi's Island'.
red mongo
From red + Spanish mongo, which is a calque of Hokkien 紅豆 /红豆 (âng-tāu, literally “red bean”).
papyroi
From Ancient Greek πᾰ́πῡροι (pắpūroi).
Radhakrishna
From Sanskrit राधाकृष्ण (rādhākṛṣṇa).
Devedzhyan
Via Russian Деведжя́н (Devedžján).
Pentapotamia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πενταποταμία (Pentapotamía), a calque of Punjab.
ma'ruf
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf, “famous”), from Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf).
Jabalya
Borrowed from Arabic جَبَالِيَا (jabāliyā).
Khan Younus
From Arabic خَانْ يُونُسْ (ḵān yūnus). Literally, “Jonah's Inn, caravansary of Jonah”.Named after Mamluk Emir Yunus al-Noorzai, who founded the settlement as Salqah.
jazakallah
Borrowed from Arabic جَزَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ (jazāka llāhu).
Pusapati
Borrowed from Telugu పూసపాటి (pūsapāṭi).
Aluri
Borrowed from Telugu ఆలూరి (ālūri).
sumud
From Arabic صُمُود (ṣumūd, “steadfastness; firmness, resistance”).
Kuttanad
Borrowed from Malayalam കുട്ടനാട് (kuṭṭanāṭ).
chilip
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕྱི་གླིང་པ (phyi gling pa, literally “person from the outer continent”). A common folk etymology links it to grey hair, referring to the lighter hair color of many Westerners.
Zhaxigang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 扎西崗.
Edomex
Borrowed from Spanish Edoméx, a contraction of Estado de México (“State of Mexico”).
Tieguanyin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鐵觀音 /铁观音 (tiěguānyīn).
Chaoxianzu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 朝鮮族 /朝鲜族. The term "Chaoxianzu (朝鲜族)" is derived from "Joseon (朝鲜; Chaoxian)," the name of an ancient Korean dynasty, and was established during the Ethnic Recognition Project (民族识别工作) carried out by the Chinese government from 1949 to 1953. Before this initiative, the group was commonly referred to as "Joseonin (朝鲜人; Chaoxianren)" in Mandarin.
Koleszar
Borrowed from Hungarian Koleszár, itself from Slavic Kolesar.
beadhook
From Middle English bedocke, *bedhoke, from Old English *beaduhōc (“battle-hook”), from Old English beadu (“battle”) + hōc (“hook”).
Grismer
Americanized form of German Griesmer or Griesemer.