Chow Mein is German word ?

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    English approximation of Cantonese. From Wikipedia:

    ‘Chow mein’ is the Americanization of the Chinese term for fried noodles. Its pronunciation comes from the Cantonese pronunciation “chaomin”; the term first appeared in English (US) in 1906.