Chinadomn.
/ˈtʃʌɪnədəm/, U.S. /ˈtʃaɪnədəm/ 1. The lands, culture, or people of China; the Chinese nation. Now rare.
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1845 Boston Daily Atlas 15 Sept. Our first ideas of China-dom were formed at meal times, and illustrated with plates.
1858 Caledonian Mercury 8 Sept. A river 3000 miles in length, navigable more than 1000 miles through the very heart of Chinadom.
1909 Church Music Sept. 301 Trying to save all Chinadom and the savages.
1966 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 Oct. 7/7 In Maoism he has the philosophical basis for a new Chinese cultural Empire: a new Chinadom.
2. Originally and chiefly U.S. An area of a city inhabited mainly by people of Chinese origin or descent; (also) the people of Chinese origin or descent inhabiting such an area considered collectively. Cf. Chinatown n. Now historical.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > inhabited by similar people > Chinese
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1854 Alta California (San Francisco) 16 Mar. Sacramento street in its onward march has crossed Dupont street... The news..has as sensible an effect in Chinadom, as the passage of the Danube could have upon the Turks.
1872 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home (1882) xviii. 374 The combined stenches of Chinadom and Brannan Street slaughter-houses.
1883 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 12 May 190/4 On the opposite sides of which avenue dwell two discordant factions of Chinadom, headed respectively by Tom Lee and Sam Kee.
2013 B. George Rails, Tales & Trails 31 It [sc. a fire] destroyed most of the city, the newly-created ‘Chinadom’ along with the white-owned stores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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