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Nankang

Syllables: Nan·kang

Nankang proper noun: a district of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, formerly a county. Also the alternative form of Nangang.

Proper noun

Nankang

  1. A district of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, formerly a county.
    • This was a great spiritual blessing to him and he returned a different man. He is now out with five others at this work making his centre at Nankang.1921 February, C. A. Bunting, “From House to House in South Kiangsi”, in China's Millions, volume XXIX, number 1, China Inland Mission, →OCLC, page 26, column 1
    • The Communists now divided into two groups which crossed the Hsinfeng River by the Wangmu and Kupo ferries respectively. One group struck north-west, crossed the Chang River between Nankang and Tayu and cut across the Kanchou-Nanhsiung road to occupy Chengkuo, north of Jenhua in Kwangtung province...1971, Dick Wilson, “Breaking Out of the Circle”, in The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76

Also used as

Nankang is also the alternative form of Nangang.

Examples of Nankang in a sentence

  • One group struck north-west, crossed the Chang River between Nankang and Tayu and cut across the Kanchou-Nanhsiung road to occupy Chengkuo, north of Jenhua in Kwangtung province, on November 5.1971, Dick Wilson, “Breaking Out of the Circle”, in The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival, New York: Viking Press...
  • Going south by highway from Kanchow, the seat of the Kanchow prefecture, we first passed through Nankang county.1973, Rewi Alley, 中国见闻 [Travels in China, 1966-71], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 276:
  • Nankang district is in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province.2018 August 14, “People’s Government of Ganzhou Nankang Builds Up Furniture Industry in China with SAP Ariba”, in AP News; Business Wire...

Origin of Nankang

From Mandarin 南康 (Nánkāng).

From Mandarin 南港 (Nángǎng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-kang³.

Questions about Nankang

What does Nankang mean?
Nankang means a district of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, formerly a county.
How do you use Nankang in a sentence?
One group struck north-west, crossed the Chang River between Nankang and Tayu and cut across the Kanchou-Nanhsiung road to occupy Chengkuo, north of Jenhua in Kwangtung province, on November 5.
What part of speech is Nankang?
Nankang is a proper noun.

Words near Nankang in the dictionary

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

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