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English
Etymology
From the Celestial Empire, a colloquialism for the Chinese Empire / Empire of China / Imperial China.
Noun
Celestial (plural Celestials)
- (historical) a person from the Celestial Empire (usually associated with the period of the Qing Dynasty)
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 256:However, with true Celestial pertinacity, `John' has stuck to his work.
1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea, Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 255:Kharbin […]
It is quite a modern Russian town having been founded in 1899 as a centre for the administration of the East China Railyway and the civil and military control of Manchuria. The Celestials call it Ha-êrh-pin. The city was officially opened to international trade on the 14th January 1907, in accordance with the terms of the Chino-Japanese treaty of the 22nd December 1905.
1952 January 25, “HISTORY: Ing ‘Doc’ Hay is dead”, in Blue Mountain Eagle:The Celestial was a smart old coot, too. I recall a cowboy who had a violent toothache, went in to try and fool him and told ‘Doc’ Hay he was plenty sick, […]
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Celestial, from celestial.
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Proper noun
Celestiál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜎ᜔)
- a surname from Spanish