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How did China get its name and how did China get its name in English?

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The Chinese believed that their country was in the center of the world, so they called their country 中国 (Zhong guo) which literally means 'middle country'
The English name for China comes from the Qin (Meaning rice seedling) dynasty.
The West looked at China as Eastern Province and in Sanskrit, Eastern Province is called 'China' or china might of got its name from a guy named this weird name and part of his name was like Qin and its actually pronounced chin so they added a A ha ha I think that's what I was taught!!

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China in Mandarin is pronunced "zhong guo", where "zhong" means the center and "guo" country. Early Chinese believed that China was the center of civilization.
The word China could be derived from chine meaning silk in French.Or it may come from Cina in Indian.

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