Nanhai
Nanhai proper noun: a district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
Proper noun
Nanhai
- A district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
- A big poster recently appeared in Nanhai County of Kwangtung Province condemning the unpardonable crimes committed by Mao Tse-tung during his notorious lifetime, according to an intelligence source from behind the Iron Curtain.
- Entitled "Our debt of blood must be repaid in kind by pro-Mao reptiles," the poster was put on a "revolutionary martyrs' shrine" at Tali Park in Nanhai County on May 16.1980 July 6, “Poster attack”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXI, number 26, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
- A town in Songzi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- A lake in Zhongnanhai, Xicheng district, Beijing, China.
- Grouped around Chung Hai (Middle lake) and Nan Hai (South lake), just west of the Palace museum, are the government buildings of the Chinese Communist regime.[1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 533, column 1
Forms of Nanhai
| alternative form | Nan-hai |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | Nam Hoi |
| alternative form (dated) | Namhoi |
Origin of Nanhai
From Mandarin 南海 (Nánhǎi).
Words that rhyme with Nanhai
Questions about Nanhai
- What does Nanhai mean?
- Nanhai means a district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
- What part of speech is Nanhai?
- Nanhai is a proper noun.
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