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Nan-ch'uan

Nan-ch'uan is the alternative form of Nanchuan.

Meaning of Nanchuan

Proper noun

Nanchuan

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.
    • A specimen collected at Nanchuan, Szechuan, by the two German collectors Bock and von Rosthorn, was named H. xanthoneura.1957 July, Elizabeth McClintock, “Hydrangeas”, in National Horticultural Magazine, volume 36, number 3, American Horticultural Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 277

Origin of Nan-ch'uan

From Mandarin 南川 (Nánchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-chʻuan¹.

Questions about Nan-ch'uan

What is Nan-ch'uan the alternative form of?
Nan-ch'uan is the alternative form of Nanchuan.

Words near Nan-ch'uan in the dictionary

  1. Nan'an
  2. Nan'ao
  3. Nan'yō
  4. Nan-an
  5. Nan-ch'ang
  6. Nan-ch'uan
  7. Nan-ch'ung
  8. Nan-ching
  9. Nan-hai
  10. Nan-jih
  11. Nan-ning

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