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Nan-t'ung

Nan-t'ung is the alternative form of Nantong.

Meaning of Nantong

Proper noun

Nantong

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China.
    • The eastern Chinese city of Nantong, with a population of more than 7 million, has introduced a new rule to ban near-term resale of certain cheap homes in the latest step by authorities in the country to curb property market speculation.
    • On Wednesday the government of Nantong, near Shanghai and a number of other port cities, said property buyers who have bought new homes at prices much lower than the market average are not allowed to resell their properties for five years.2019 December 25, Lusha Zhang, Ryan Woo, “China's Nantong city imposes five-year ban on resale of cheap homes to curb speculation”, in Kenneth Maxwell, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on...

Origin of Nan-t'ung

From Mandarin 南通 (Nántōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-tʻung¹.

Questions about Nan-t'ung

What is Nan-t'ung the alternative form of?
Nan-t'ung is the alternative form of Nantong.

Words near Nan-t'ung in the dictionary

  1. Nan-hai
  2. Nan-jih
  3. Nan-ning
  4. Nan-sha
  5. Nan-t'ou
  6. Nan-t'ung
  7. Nan-yang
  8. nana
  9. Nana Glen
  10. nana nap
  11. nana naps

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