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Longnan

Syllables: Long·nan

Longnan proper noun: a county-level city of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, formerly a county.

Proper noun (1)

Longnan

  1. A county-level city of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, formerly a county.
    • Willie Fung Wai-yiu, chairman of Top Form International, the world's biggest contract brassiere maker, said wages at the company's inland factory in Longnan county, Jiangxi province, have risen at least 35 per cent in the past 18 months.2006 October 30, Toh Han Shih, “Inland provinces lose edge as factory haven”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2025

Proper noun (2)

Longnan

  1. A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China, formerly a prefecture.
    • During the tour Comrade Hu Yaobang inspected the two Tibetan autonomous prefectures -- Garze and Aba -- in Sichuan and over a dozen counties and districts of Longnan Special Prefecture [Long nan zhuan qu 7150 0589 1413 0575] in Gansu.[…]
    • In Longnan Prefecture [Long nan di qu 7150 0589 0966 0575], people have gone all out to grow trees and grass in recent years, creating a new experience in developing mountainous areas.1985 October 8, Chaoren Guo, Huang Chang Changlu, “Hu Yaobang Revisits Route of Long March”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 195, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 1
    Synonyms:
    Jiezhou

Examples of Longnan in a sentence

  • This form of grassland is mainly located in the mountainous region of Longnan Prefecture, and covers a total area of 12 million mu.1993, John W. Longworth, Gregory J. Williamson, “Gansu”, in China's Pastoral Region: Sheep and Wool, Minority Nationalities, Rangeland...
  • For example, I talked to over 100 women from different sectors of Longnan Prefecture twice to sensitize them to women’s issues and to build up their confidence.1999, Wu Qing, “What I Know about Gender and Development”, in Feminists doing Development: A Practical Critique, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page...
  • Thousands of people rioted this week over a resettlement plan in Longnan, a poverty-stricken region of Gansu Province where 1.8 million people were made homeless by the Sichuan earthquake.2008 October 20, “The Internet drives China to loosen its grip on the media”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
  • In nearby Longnan in the neighboring province of Gansu, also jolted by the quake, eight people died in landslides caused by heavy rain, the People’s Daily said.2017 August 8, Christian Shepherd, David Stanway, Michael Martina, Faith Hung, Ben Blanchard, “Quake in China's Sichuan kills 19, including...

Synonyms of Longnan

  • Jiezhou

Origin of Longnan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 龍南 /龙南 (Lóngnán).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隴南 /陇南 (Lǒngnán).

Questions about Longnan

What does Longnan mean?
Longnan means a county-level city of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, formerly a county.
How do you use Longnan in a sentence?
This form of grassland is mainly located in the mountainous region of Longnan Prefecture, and covers a total area of 12 million mu.
What part of speech is Longnan?
Longnan is a proper noun.

Words near Longnan in the dictionary

  1. Longmont
  2. Longmoor
  3. Longmore
  4. Longmores
  5. Longmorn
  6. Longnan
  7. longneck
  8. longneck eel
  9. longneck eels
  10. longnecked
  11. Longnecker

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