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oolong

Oolong is Hokkien o͘-liông, 'black dragon', perhaps for its dark, long, curly leaves; the tea came from Fujian, and the name is in English (1844) even before it appears in a Chinese text (1857). Mandarin wūlóng later gave Japan its bottled ūroncha and Russia its ulun.

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The road to English

From Hokkien (Min Nan) to Mandarin Chinese

From Mandarin Chinese to Japanese

From Japanese to Korean

From Mandarin Chinese to Russian

From English to French

From English to German

1840Hokkien (Min Nan)

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