Gold Mountain
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Chinese 金山 (jīnshān).
Proper noun[edit]
- A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
- A nickname for California, and more broadly the western regions of North America, historically used by Chinese prospectors during the California Gold Rush.
See also[edit]
Categories:
- English terms calqued from Chinese
- English terms derived from Chinese
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Census-designated places in California, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States