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Nan'ao

Syllables: Nan·ao

Nan'ao proper noun: a county of Shantou, Guangdong, China.

Proper noun

Nan'ao

  1. A county of Shantou, Guangdong, China.
    • The force composition of the two PLA concentrations—on the Dongshan-Nan'ao Islands area at the southern end of the Strait and Haitan Island at the northern end-reflected their assigned missions dealing with achievement of air and sea superiority and amphibious assault.1997, John W. Garver, “The Confrontation”, in Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 99–100
    Synonyms:
    Namoa

Synonyms of Nan'ao

Forms of Nan'ao

alternative formNan-ao

Origin of Nan'ao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南澳 (Nán'ào).

Questions about Nan'ao

What does Nan'ao mean?
Nan'ao means a county of Shantou, Guangdong, China.
What part of speech is Nan'ao?
Nan'ao is a proper noun.

Words near Nan'ao in the dictionary

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

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