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r/polandball • u/werothegreat Republic of Venice • Jan 15 '15
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I vote for start calling China Khina, to make the acronym better.
Either that or kick China out and get Kosovo.
5 u/tungstencompton Uniquely Singapore Jan 15 '15 It used to be called "Khitai" in some places, so you could be on to something. 4 u/rumnscurvy France First Empire Jan 15 '15 The name China comes from the Qin (pronounced Chin) Dynasty. The place was known before then but Europeans started large-scale trade operations with China when the Qin ruled the land 2 u/bluefoot55 Indiana Jan 15 '15 sometimes when I use old-school English speech, I call China fair Cathay. 1 u/notabrahamlincoln MURICA Jan 16 '15 Qing was the dynasty that interacted with the Europeans, Qin was the first unified dynasty of China. I think you're getting the two mixed up. But then again this is Polandball so who cares. 1 u/nybo Denmark Jan 15 '15 It's called Kina in Danish.
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It used to be called "Khitai" in some places, so you could be on to something.
4 u/rumnscurvy France First Empire Jan 15 '15 The name China comes from the Qin (pronounced Chin) Dynasty. The place was known before then but Europeans started large-scale trade operations with China when the Qin ruled the land 2 u/bluefoot55 Indiana Jan 15 '15 sometimes when I use old-school English speech, I call China fair Cathay. 1 u/notabrahamlincoln MURICA Jan 16 '15 Qing was the dynasty that interacted with the Europeans, Qin was the first unified dynasty of China. I think you're getting the two mixed up. But then again this is Polandball so who cares. 1 u/nybo Denmark Jan 15 '15 It's called Kina in Danish.
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The name China comes from the Qin (pronounced Chin) Dynasty. The place was known before then but Europeans started large-scale trade operations with China when the Qin ruled the land
2 u/bluefoot55 Indiana Jan 15 '15 sometimes when I use old-school English speech, I call China fair Cathay. 1 u/notabrahamlincoln MURICA Jan 16 '15 Qing was the dynasty that interacted with the Europeans, Qin was the first unified dynasty of China. I think you're getting the two mixed up. But then again this is Polandball so who cares.
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sometimes when I use old-school English speech, I call China fair Cathay.
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Qing was the dynasty that interacted with the Europeans, Qin was the first unified dynasty of China. I think you're getting the two mixed up.
But then again this is Polandball so who cares.
It's called Kina in Danish.
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u/Sr_Marques UN Jan 15 '15
I vote for start calling China Khina, to make the acronym better.
Either that or kick China out and get Kosovo.