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Chinese
Etymology
From Spanish Torreón, via Taishanese.
萊苑／莱苑 (Láiyuàn) is certainly a corruption of 菜苑 (Càiyuàn), as the reverse (萊／莱→菜) would be unusual considering the Chinese tendency to prefer elegant characters in transliteration.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
菜苑
- (～埠) (dated) Torreón (a city in Coahuila, Mexico)
- http://chinesetimes.lib.sfu.ca/ctimes-79650/page-3
墨國菜苑致公堂 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
墨国菜苑致公堂 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- mak6 gwok3 coi3 jyun2 zi3 gung1 tong4
- Torreón, Mexico Chee Kung Tong
- 光绪卅三年（1907年）墨国菜苑埠华墨银行溢利公司每股伍圆股票一枚
- 墨國菜苑埠／墨国菜苑埠 [Written Vernacular Chinese] ― mak6 gwok3 coi3 jyun2 fau6 ― Torreón, Mexico
(Can we date this quote?), 康有為, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
又南與巴西不相通，居菜苑三月，晨夕篝燈，閉戶著書，復如諸生時。 [MSC, trad.]
又南与巴西不相通，居菜苑三月，晨夕篝灯，闭户著书，复如诸生时。 [MSC, simp.]- Yòu nán yǔ bāxī bù xiàngtōng, jū càiyuàn sānyuè, chénxī gōudēng, bìhù zhùshū, fù rú zhūshēng shí.
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Synonyms
- (dated) 萊苑／莱苑 (Láiyuàn)
- 托雷翁 (Tuōléiwēng)