Chinese edit

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(喀山)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Manchu ᡴᠠᠰᠠᠨ (kasan). First attested in Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of the Tourgouth Tartars (異域錄), 1723.

Pronunciation edit


Proper noun edit

喀山

  1. Kazan (the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia)