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Nanch'ang

Nanch'ang is the alternative form of Nanchang.

Meaning of Nanchang

Proper noun

Nanchang

  1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, China.
    • But whilſt he was beſieging this City, there came, unfortunately, a new Army of Tartars from the Imperiall City of Peking , which had order to recover this Province of Kiangſi; and therefore Kinus was forced to raiſe his Siege to oppoſe their entrance by the Northern parts of the Country; And at...1655, F. Alvarez Semedo, “Bellum Tartaricum”, in The History of That Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, E. Tyler, page 290
  2. A county of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
  3. A village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

Origin of Nanch'ang

From Mandarin 南昌 (Nánchāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-chʻang¹.

Questions about Nanch'ang

What is Nanch'ang the alternative form of?
Nanch'ang is the alternative form of Nanchang.

Words near Nanch'ang in the dictionary

  1. Nance-Horan syndrome
  2. nanced
  3. Nancegollan
  4. nances
  5. Nancey
  6. Nanch'ang
  7. Nanchang
  8. nanchangmycin
  9. Nancheng
  10. Nanching
  11. nanchon

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