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Nan-ning

Nan-ning is the alternative form of Nanning.

Meaning of Nanning

Proper noun

Nanning

  1. A prefecture-level city, the capital of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
    • Our Authors ſay there are no Elephants in China, which muſt be underſtood of the Provinces they knew, where, in truth, there are none. Father Martini writes, that they begin to be met with at Nanning, in the Province of Quangli, where the Inhabitants uſe them for War and for Carriage. Some there...1733, Eusebius Renaudot, transl., Ancient Accounts of India and China, London, →OCLC, page 61
    Synonyms:
    Yungning

Origin of Nan-ning

From Mandarin 南寧 /南宁 (Nánníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-ning².

Questions about Nan-ning

What is Nan-ning the alternative form of?
Nan-ning is the alternative form of Nanning.

Words near Nan-ning in the dictionary

  1. Nan-ch'uan
  2. Nan-ch'ung
  3. Nan-ching
  4. Nan-hai
  5. Nan-jih
  6. Nan-ning
  7. Nan-sha
  8. Nan-t'ou
  9. Nan-t'ung
  10. Nan-yang
  11. nana

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