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Nan'an

Syllables: Nan·an

Nan'an proper noun: a county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.

Proper noun (1)

Nan'an

  1. A county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.

Proper noun (2)

Nan'an

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.
    • Chicken is cooked in a variety of ways and two popular dishes are spicy chicken (làzi jī 辣子鸡) and a spicy chicken appetizer (kǒushuǐ jī 口水鸡) that's served cold. Chongqing's spring chicken (mineral water spring, not the season) is a local specialty. It's so good there's a whole street (nánshān...2004, Intercontinental's Best of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 403
    • On November 14, 2011, Heywood had checked in to the Lucky Holiday Hotel in the Nan'an district of Chongqing. Some twenty-six hours later, he was found dead in his hotel room. The apparent cause of death was alcohol poisoning. Heywood's wife traveled from their home in Beijing to Chongqing, and with...2013, Noah Feldman, “A Glimpse into the New China”, in Cool War: The Future of Global Competition, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 56

Examples of Nan'an in a sentence

  • The chickens can be found by Nanshan Park at Huangjueya in the Nan'an District (南岸区黄桷垭南山公园).2004, Intercontinental's Best of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 403:
  • On November 14, 2011, Heywood had checked in to the Lucky Holiday Hotel in the Nan'an district of Chongqing.2013, Noah Feldman, “A Glimpse into the New China”, in Cool War: The Future of Global Competition, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN...

Forms of Nan'an

alternative formNan-an

Origin of Nan'an

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南安 (Nán'ān).

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 南岸 (Nán'àn).

Questions about Nan'an

What does Nan'an mean?
Nan'an means a county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
How do you use Nan'an in a sentence?
The chickens can be found by Nanshan Park at Huangjueya in the Nan'an District (南岸区黄桷垭南山公园).
What part of speech is Nan'an?
Nan'an is a proper noun.

Words near Nan'an in the dictionary

  1. nan
  2. nan flap
  3. nan flaps
  4. Nan Mountains
  5. Nan Yang
  6. Nan'an
  7. Nan'ao
  8. Nan'yō
  9. Nan-an
  10. Nan-ch'ang
  11. Nan-ch'uan

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