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When did China get its name?

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The word "China" is derived from the Persian word Chin (چین), which is from the Sanskrit word Cīna (चीन). It is first recorded in 1516 in the journal of the Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa.

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Direct translation of China into English is "Middle Kingdom". The Chinese thought that they were at the middle of the earth and hence they come to know themselves as the middle kingdom.

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