Hai-nan

Proper noun

Hainan

1. A province off the coast of southern China, primarily made up of Hainan Island. Capital: Haikou.
   • These were a business family, in Hainan province, who, along with other South China merchants, had interests in America, where the multitude of little shops and businesses owned by Chinese had assumed the appearance of a department store chain, representing the invested outlay of controlling...1942 March 20, John McVea, “Madame Chiang Kai-Shek”, in The Gateway, volume XXXII, number 29, Edmonton, page 5
2. An island off the coast of southern China.
   • Near to the Iſland Hainan are caught Whales,after the ſame manner as the Hollanders and Engliſh in the North about Greenland, whereof they make Oyl which ſerves for ſeveral uſes.1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, page 270
3. A Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China. Official name: Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
   • Members of the party committee of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous District have attached great importance to implementing the correct line.1971 January 13 [1971 January 3], “Tsinghai Populace Studies, Implements Joint Editorial”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 8, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from...
4. A district of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
   • Public tops play a crucial role in discovering cover-ups. For example, on 19 August 2011, the Changfu Coal Mine in Hainan District, Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, flooded. Fearing that the mine would be closed and penalized, the mine managers organized a rescue effort by themselves and did not report...2022, Jie Gao, “The Fatality Quota System”, in Work Safety Regulation in China: The CCP’s Fatality Quota System (Routledge Contemporary China Series), Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...

   Synonyms:

   Hainam