Zhongguo

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    3789 Zhongguo, an asteroid.
  2. 2
    China. rare

    "Yes, the Chinese are as if they had just awakened from a long sleep. They are laughing in the sun, the streets are clean, the houses friendly and inviting. We never eat at our apartment but at a different place every night, and the people are always disarmingly kind and open-hearted. One of these days Zhongguo will be a great country."

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china

Example

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"China is called "Zhongguo" in Chinese."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 中國 /中国 (Zhōngguó).

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