proper noun
Schianghai
Schianghai ? sg (indeclinable)
Meaning
- indeclinablesingularShanghai (a city in modern China)
Sinarum provincia Ciang-Si, Kuang-Tung, Fu-Kien; Sinarum urbs Schianghai, Nan-Ciang; Finniae urbs caput Helsinski, etc.
The Chinese province of Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian; the Chinese city of Shanghai, Nanchang; the Finnish capital city of Helsinski[sic], and so forth(Can we date this quote?), Emilio Springhetti, Institutiones Stili Latini, page 114:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Schianghai | — |
| genitive | Schianghai | — |
| dative | Schianghai | — |
| accusative | Schianghai | — |
| ablative | Schianghai | — |
| vocative | Schianghai | — |
| locative | Schianghai | — |
Origins
Unadapted borrowing from Chinese 上海.