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Nanri

Syllables: Nan·ri

Nanri proper noun: a town in Xiuyu district, Putian, Fujian, China.

Proper noun

Nanri

  1. A town in Xiuyu district, Putian, Fujian, China.
    • A U.S. warship twice intruded into China's territorial waters south of Tsungwu and Nanjih Island in Fukien Province between 1733 and 2110 hours yesterday and between 2309 hours yesterday and 0431 hours today.[1964 October 16 [1964 October 15], “Foreign Ministry Issues 330th Serious Warning”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 203, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking...
    • Among them, the raid against Nanjih and Tungshan were the largest in size and the lessons and experiences gained the greatest.[…]
      4,500 Government troops sailed successively from Kinmen for Nanjih on 10 Oct., 1952. Due to heavy sea, the ships were not moored until 0630, 11 October.[1971, “Armed Forces Reorganization and National Recovery”, in Wen Ha-hsiung, transl., A Brief History of the Chinese National Revolutionary Forces, 2nd edition, Taipei: Chung Wu Publishing Co....

Examples of Nanri in a sentence

  • For example, on 11 October 1952 five thousand Nationalist regulars and guerrillas raided Nanri Island, off the southern coast of Fujian.1982, Bruce Swanson, Eighth Voyage of the Dragon: A History of China's Quest for Seapower, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN...
  • Fishermen carry a sedan chair and rush to the sea at Nanri Island in Putian, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 22, 2019.2019 February 26, “Traditional custom "Chonghai" of Nanri Island in SE China's Fujian”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from...

Forms of Nanri

alternative formNan-jih
alternative formNanjih

Origin of Nanri

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南日 (Nánrì).

Questions about Nanri

What does Nanri mean?
Nanri means a town in Xiuyu district, Putian, Fujian, China.
How do you use Nanri in a sentence?
For example, on 11 October 1952 five thousand Nationalist regulars and guerrillas raided Nanri Island, off the southern coast of Fujian.
What part of speech is Nanri?
Nanri is a proper noun.

Words near Nanri in the dictionary

  1. nanpie
  2. nanpies
  3. Nanping
  4. nanpingite
  5. Nanquin
  6. Nanri
  7. nans
  8. Nansana
  9. Nansemond
  10. Nansemonds
  11. Nansen

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