serica

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• UK: /ˈsɛrɪkə/
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Learned borrowing from Latin Serica, from Ancient Greek Σηρικά (Sēriká), from Σῆρες (Sêres, “Seres”) + -ική (-ikḗ), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), likely ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).

Borrowed from translingual Serica, from Latin sērica (“garments, silk”).

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 塞里斯 (sàilǐsī) — Northern China as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans — see also China, Cathay
• Chinese Mandarin: 賽里斯 (sàilǐsī) — Northern China as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans — see also China, Cathay
• Ancient Greek: Σηρικά (Sēriká) — Northern China as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans — see also China, Cathay
• Latin: Sērica — Northern China as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans — see also China, Cathay
• Polish: Serika — Northern China as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans — see also China, Cathay
• Arabic: سَرِيكَة (sarīka) — scarab of the genus Serica