Celestial
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Celestial Empire, a colloquialism for the Chinese Empire / Empire of China / Imperial China.
Noun
[edit]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[1], Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 255[2]:
- 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[3]:
- 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, […]
Synonyms
[edit]- Chinese
- Chinaman
- Qing (when referring to Qing China)
- Ching (when referring to the Qing Empire)
- Ch'ing (when referring to the Qing Dynasty)
Descendants
[edit]- French: Célestial
Anagrams
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Celestial, from celestial.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /selestiˈal/ [sɛ.lɛsˈt͡ʃal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: Ce‧les‧ti‧al
- Homophone: selestiyal
Proper noun
[edit]Celestiál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜎ᜔)
- a surname from Spanish
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