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Nanchuan

Syllables: Nan·chuan

Nanchuan proper noun: a district of Chongqing, China.

Proper noun

Nanchuan

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.
    • A specimen collected at Nanchuan, Szechuan, by the two German collectors Bock and von Rosthorn, was named H. xanthoneura.1957 July, Elizabeth McClintock, “Hydrangeas”, in National Horticultural Magazine, volume 36, number 3, American Horticultural Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 277
    • Sanquan township in Nanchuan district, Chongqing, has received 305mm of rain in the past three days, the heaviest downpour since records began, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday, citing meteorological authorities.[...]
    • In Nanchuan district, two road workers were reported missing, while 32 homes collapsed, and 360 were evacuated, Xinhua reported.2014 August 12, “Floods batter southwestern China”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 07 May 2022

Forms of Nanchuan

alternative formNan-ch'uan

Origin of Nanchuan

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 南川 (Nánchuān).

Questions about Nanchuan

What does Nanchuan mean?
Nanchuan means a district of Chongqing, China.
What part of speech is Nanchuan?
Nanchuan is a proper noun.

Words near Nanchuan in the dictionary

  1. Nancheng
  2. Nanching
  3. nanchon
  4. Nanchong
  5. nanchons
  6. Nanchuan
  7. nancies
  8. nancified
  9. nancing
  10. Nancowry
  11. nancy

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