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Nankan

Nankan is the alternative form of Nangan.

Meaning of Nangan

Proper noun

Nangan

  1. A rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, primarily made up of Matsu (Nangan) Island.
    • Cingtanwo [translating 青檀沃], a remote village very close to the coast, is situated in the southeastern part of Nangan Township.2005, “Offshore Islands”, in Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 334
  2. Synonym of Matsu (island)
    • One hundred and fifty miles north of Quemoy on Nankan Island, it wasn't the sound of Communist artillery fire that awoke Lieutenant Colonel Carl Kueffer, but the persistent jangling of his telephone.[…]The one landing strip in the Matsus, and good for light aircraft only, was on the second largest...[1962, DeWitt S. Copp, “The Mudcats”, in The Odd Day, William Morrow and Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 59–60
    Synonyms:
    Matsu

Origin of Nankan

From Mandarin 南竿 (Nángān), Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-kan¹.

Questions about Nankan

What is Nankan the alternative form of?
Nankan is the alternative form of Nangan.

Words near Nankan in the dictionary

  1. Nanjingers
  2. Nanjingese
  3. Nanjō
  4. nank
  5. Nankai
  6. Nankan
  7. Nankang
  8. nanked
  9. nankeen
  10. nankeen kestrel
  11. Nankeen night heron

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