What is the name from China?

(1) The first recorded use of the word "China" is dated 1555.
It is derived from Cin, a Persian name for China popularized in Europe
by Marco Polo.
(2) Our term china for porcelain or ceramic ware is
a shortening of chinaware and probably china dishes.
(3) Although the word china is identical in spelling
to the name of the country,
there are 16th- and 17th-century spellings like
chiney, cheny, and cheney that reflect
the borrowing into English of the Persian term
for this porcelain, chīnī.
The Persian word and the Sanskrit word Cīnā (चीन),
"Chinese people," which gave us the English name
for the country, go back to the Chinese word Qn(秦).
(4) China was historically referred to as
Sina (hence "Sino-"), Sinae, Cathay, or Ceres.

日本叫中國係 "支那" !!!

So, it is called" China "


Believe me!!! I am a teacher. You can search what is "支那" ?????

我曾聽過”中國”英文之所以叫China，但卻不敢肯定是否正確，但和你分享一下
卻你查者英文字典”china”，解釋為：
n.
1. 瓷器;陶瓷器[U]
Please put the china away carefully.
請將這些瓷器仔細收好。


我們都知中國人非常曉得造陶瓷，所以，當老外初到中國時，見很中國人都”搓泥”做瓷器，故叫中國為”搓泥”：china

希望這來源正確！

2009-04-23 10:19:04 補充：
我找到更詳細的資料，請參考

http://hk.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=7006051100214

　　The Republic of China.

2009-04-22 16:47:53 補充：
中華人民共和國