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Nancheng

Syllables: Nan·cheng

Nancheng proper noun: a county of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China.

Proper noun

Nancheng

  1. A county of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China.
    • Our family was originally from Nancheng county, Fuzhou district, Jiangxi province. Nancheng dates back to ancient times, to the days when Liu Bang ruled as the first Han dynasty emperor, and Nancheng belonged to Yuzhang district.2018 [2013], Rao Pingru, translated by Nicky Harman, Our Story: A Memoir of Love and Life in China, Square Peg, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26

Origin of Nancheng

From Mandarin 南城 (Nánchéng).

Questions about Nancheng

What does Nancheng mean?
Nancheng means a county of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China.
What part of speech is Nancheng?
Nancheng is a proper noun.

Words near Nancheng in the dictionary

  1. nances
  2. Nancey
  3. Nanch'ang
  4. Nanchang
  5. nanchangmycin
  6. Nancheng
  7. Nanching
  8. nanchon
  9. Nanchong
  10. nanchons
  11. Nanchuan

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