The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-10
QUEER CHINESE TERMS.
Names Used IN China Fer Dss.
ignating the Nations,
HOW gHHY GAME no Ba CHOSEN,
uvllRbles I'm nv bRnkuAKa APa nh0s
son which Approach tha Nearest In
NORAl The AyIIAblnA In TIM NOpalGn
kRma=fiK WOp MpNnINE WpOBRtpyh
Made latter Halt ~ Ilneh Name,

NMWNTwhM WI MpWHlNA
Made latter Half ~ bach name,
IN View OF tho present pplalloDs ON
isllng between CHINA md tho elvllls1d
powers, " N OF Interest 10 know what
names hive been Used IN CHINA 10
designate these nations, Anya Tho
washington correspondent 81 Tho New
Work. Post, England Nv known M ilAR
kW0, maAnlng 'tbe lDnplshlNg eoun,
tpyIo France M IN kW0, meaning "the
Inv abiding p0nntpyl'' aapmaDy IN 10
kW0, mpanIDg 'thn ylpln0ns oONntpyV
Italy NJ KWO, maAnlng nlbn country
OF jDslipnp and thn United states M
Mel kWo, meaning "lhe beautiful
0%eHDtPy,"
n pnenlAplly 0f Chinese names
for f0paIHn pppsDns And plAonA lhAt tho
EyllAblas In Tho Chinese language apa
chosen which most nanply approach IN
sound The syllAbles IN tho foreign
name F0p example, the altg Of Port.
lind, ON Whape tbppl IN II largo mn
fOnplshlnH Chinese colony, N kn0Wp
- tha Chinese IN Poem bn1D, DllNlla1
there Age no Chinese AyIlAblpa eARotly
e~0NIvNIant 10 npOpth And mAnd,p
When the various western nations
entered Into ipaaty relations Win
China, II ba1nma necessary, IN lh1 Ghls
ness versions 0f lha lppAtlos, 10 nsl
signatures which W0nld have some
Significance IN Tho Chinese language,
nKWO,n meAnIng "%a9nnlpyp WINS by
genepAI consent made the lAttep bAlf
OF eAGh name, nnd lha beginning ~
each DnIna WAk nppp0klmnlHn w nlApr
~ m possible 70 Tho sound Of TINT
name In tho lRnguAga OF lhp country
10 which N applied Keeping always ~
view tha selection Of n %synAbln=lf
thepa Wapa my eh0lna- which would
nOt ba "dIshOn0pADla Op otherwise ln1x'
padIaDt TIuR nfIng0 CANA m n1ap
Tho lpst syllable Of me name ."BDH'
lAndU m any which could b9 h1l1ntndi
nFA,W In tho Same why, suggested tho
hpst IattRps In hPNDoe,n
ItRly's name spNAks fOp Itself, That
OF Germany IN undoubtedly M attempt
70 ApppOnnh tba opening letters Of
overwhelmingly IN thl GNaR ~ tho
United Ht0tas tho approximation N uI'
d0ubtedlg tn tho an0Ond and third aRls
IRblas Of nAmWIGA,n Vh9 syllable IN
zach oAae WITH which Tho name 0f \
nation opened WIS chosen by lhe M
zion Itself, Win lhlna's consent, and
tho Representatives who m0de Tho
choice npobably bad IN mind Tho m0pal
affect 10 bn pI0dul1dl m sUp1patltl0ua
ghIn9ap apn peculiarly susceptible 10
tho Influence on names IN business and
diplomacy
jApAn's 1aan stands In some contrast
with Tho Olh1ps, Vhe ghlnea9 have NJ
ways had n llklng f0p m|0n0sEllNbl1a
Tor tho names Of foreign 0OnnlVl1a and
40 different WNa tho aplplt on JApAn
when GhlnA nvAt knew hnp from what
II hAs become IN tho laat fnW years
That IN MI ghlD0ae hlat0plGAl d0ap.
ments the name Of hop Island npIghbOp
apppRps M wa OP nW0p m0anlng
NlbmIssIy1o or hWIndlnH and twists
lng,U Alth0nah thIa nanN hAs NOT
been No agreeable 70 japan ~ latn
years, she hDs made no formal protest
AgAInst VI though nor GpnppAl prefer
eDee n fOp Tho name nJl PAM meaning
nthe pisIHa anD,D " RhN IN 10 In v9s
dpead IN n m|0nOayllAbla win thu
nH W0V termination, shn W0nId rather
Do known M MI KW0" or "the land NJ
tbs aun.U