Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé Bikéyah

Etymology

From atsiiʼ (“hair”) +‎ yishbizh (“braided”), literally “land of braided-hair people”, referring to the Manchu practice of queues during the Qing Dynasty.

Proper noun

Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé Bikéyah

  1. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
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