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There are types of dishes that are made of china, a ceramic type of material. So, when someone is asking "How is your old china?", they are asking about the age of your china dinnerware or porcelain figurines. The ceramic dinnerware was originally named 'chinaware' because it originated in the country of China. How's your old china?, is cockney rhyming slang for how is your friend. China plate = mate
In 620 AD, the Isle of Man was annexed by the Kingdom of Northumbria, the Norsemen invaded Ireland and in this time period, Porcelain was first produced in China.
Actually, this term was shortened to 'china', and carries the meaning of 'porcelain imported from China' (derived from the country's name), in the 1570s. I've added two (2) related links because the shortened term carries eight (8) definitions.
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Had this same question myself found the answer on the source givin for work. "Chinese have 'pottery of excellent quality, of which bowls are made as fine as glass drinking cups; the sparkle of water can be seen through it, although it is pottery." Long but that's what i got
China's contributions included giving porcelain (porcelain china) and cloth.
If you are referring the first word "china" to porcelain, China was the birthplace of making porcelain. That's why porcelain is informally be referred to as "china" or "fine china" in some English-speaking countries
Porcelain was created in China and it mostly stayed in China giving it the name "China"
The Porcelain tower is in Nanking, China
porcelain provided the chines with a source of industry
it is made in china
Porcelain, a kind of ceramic
China!
Fine china is made of porcelain
It made them even more jealous of China where porcelain came from because china has achieved many things.
Ancient China.