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Huangnan

Syllables: Huang·nan

Huangnan proper noun: a Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai, China.

Proper noun

Huangnan

  1. A Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai, China.
    • "The major responsible personnel of the CCP core group and revolutioary committee of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous District said: The problem of lines is a basic problem.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...
    • The herder, Tamdin Thar, who was thought to be in his early 60s, self-immolated in front of a police compound in Markethang, a county seat in the Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, according to the group Free Tibet.2012 June 15, Andrew Jacobs, “Tibetan Herder Dies After Setting Himself on Fire in Government Protest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2012, Asia Pacific

Origin of Huangnan

From the Mandarin 黃南 /黄南 (Huángnán).

Questions about Huangnan

What does Huangnan mean?
Huangnan means a Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai, China.
What part of speech is Huangnan?
Huangnan is a proper noun.

Words near Huangnan in the dictionary

  1. Huangkang
  2. Huangling
  3. Huanglong
  4. huanglongbing
  5. Huangmei
  6. Huangnan
  7. Huangpi
  8. Huangping
  9. Huangpu
  10. Huangqi
  11. Huangqiao

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