Namoa
Namoa proper noun: synonym of Nan'ao: the Teochew-derived name.
Proper noun
Namoa
- Synonym of Nan'ao: the Teochew-derived name.
- Leaving Namoa, and sailing up the coast towards Amoy, the stranger is continually struck with the barren rocky nature of the coast, and in some parts has a view of hills of sand, the particles of which, when a hurricane blows, mix with the wind, and whiten the ropes of vessels and render it most...1847, Robert Fortune, Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the...
- In the latter year, the viceroy issued a proclamation denouncing opium smoking, and ordering the rigorous enforcement of the laws; from now on ships began to trade in opium along the coast to the east and north. Soon storeships were stationed at Namoa, on the border between Kwangtung and Fukien...1931, Hosea Ballou Morse, Harley Farnsworth MacNair, Far Eastern International Relations, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 97
- Synonyms:
- Nan'ao
Examples of Namoa in a sentence
- It concerned a fresh outbreak of smuggling at Namoa, on the northern borders of Kwangtung, and makes no reference to any general plan for stamping out the opium trade in the future.1958, Arthur Waley, The Opium War through Chinese Eyes, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., published 1973, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47:
- Radio Peking said one plane intruded over territorial waters east of Namoa Island and another near Yunghsing Island, both off the coast of the southern province of Kwangtung.1968 February 28, “Peking Accuses U.S. Of Intruding”, in The Lincoln Star, volume 66, number 129, Lincoln, Nebraska, sourced from Tokyo...
Synonyms of Namoa
Origin of Namoa
Borrowed from Teochew 南澳 (Nâm-ò/nam⁵ o³).
Questions about Namoa
- What does Namoa mean?
- Namoa means synonym of Nan'ao: the Teochew-derived name.
- How do you use Namoa in a sentence?
- It concerned a fresh outbreak of smuggling at Namoa, on the northern borders of Kwangtung, and makes no reference to any general plan for stamping out the opium trade in the future.
- What part of speech is Namoa?
- Namoa is a proper noun.
Words near Namoa in the dictionary
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