Nan-yang

Proper noun (1)

Nanyang

1. A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
   • In one of theſe cities named Nanyang, is found a kind of ſerpent, the ſkin of which is marked with ſmall white ſpots : the Chineſe phyſicians ſteep it in wine, and uſe it afterwards as an excellent remedy againſt the palſy.1798, “HONAN”, in Dobson's Encyclopædia, volume VIII, Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, →OCLC, page 639

Proper noun (2)

Nanyang

1. Synonym of Southeast Asia vis-à-vis the Chinese and Peranakan cultures: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • In other parts of the Nanyang the Chinese were never prominent in Communist Parties except, later, in Sarawak, where the local Chinese Communist faction attempted with little success to gain control of the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (S.U.P.P.), a party largely Chinese-supported, which emerged as...1972, C. P. Fitzgerald, “China and the Nanyang Communities Today”, in The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People: "Southern Fields and Southern Ocean", London: Barrie & Jenkins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL...

   Synonyms:

   Southeast Asia vis-à-vis the Chinese and Peranakan cultures

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