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出典:Wiktionary
Calque of Chinese 中國/中国 (Zhōngguó).
the Middle Kingdom
Calque of German Mittleres Reich, eventually displacing Middle Empire, an older calque of the same term. Coined c. 1840 as part of a periodization of Ancient Egyptian history into Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.
Middle Kingdom