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Nanyang

Syllables: Nan·yang

Nanyang proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Henan, China.

Proper noun (1)

Nanyang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
    • In one of theſe cities named Nanyang, is found a kind of ſerpent, the ſkin of which is marked with ſmall white ſpots : the Chineſe phyſicians ſteep it in wine, and uſe it afterwards as an excellent remedy againſt the palſy.1798, “HONAN”, in Dobson's Encyclopædia, volume VIII, Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, →OCLC, page 639
    • Other villagers expressed a mix of resignation and worry. Residents in Nanyang, a city of 1.5 million about 20 miles to the south, have also voiced alarm on the Internet and called for the project to be scuttled.
    • “Here and around Nanyang, there’s opposition, but that’s futile,” said Li Chaoyong, 50, who builds and repairs homes around Hubin. “But if there are problems again like in Japan ...” His voice trailed off, and he shook his head.2015 November 21, Chris Buckley, “China’s Nuclear Vision Collides With Villagers’ Fears”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2015, Asia Pacific

Proper noun (2)

Nanyang

  1. Synonym of Southeast Asia vis-à-vis the Chinese and Peranakan cultures: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • In other parts of the Nanyang the Chinese were never prominent in Communist Parties except, later, in Sarawak, where the local Chinese Communist faction attempted with little success to gain control of the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (S.U.P.P.), a party largely Chinese-supported, which emerged as...1972, C. P. Fitzgerald, “China and the Nanyang Communities Today”, in The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People: "Southern Fields and Southern Ocean", London: Barrie & Jenkins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL...
    • Different areas of Southeast Asia received Chinese emigrants from different regions of China, so that in the Nanyang an enormous diversity can be found, reflecting the diversity of regions and villages from whence the emigrants flowed.
    • Some sense of this diversity, and the dominance in each of the nations of the Nanyang by people from one or two specific regions of China, can be obtained from Tables 1 and 2. Table 1 depicts the major language groups of the emigrants as well as the regions in China where those languages were...1985, Michael A. Goldberg, “The Backdrop: The Overseas Chinese and the Role of Land, Business, and Family in Chinese Society”, in The Chinese Connection: Getting Plugged in to Pacific Rim Real...
    Synonyms:
    Southeast Asia vis-à-vis the Chinese and Peranakan cultures

Noun

Nanyang (plural Nanyangs)

  1. Synonym of Peranakan.
    Synonyms:
    Peranakan

Synonyms of Nanyang

  • Southeast Asia vis-à-vis the Chinese and Peranakan cultures
  • Peranakan

Forms of Nanyang

Proper noun
alternative formNan-yang
alternative formNan Yang
Noun
pluralNanyangs

Origin of Nanyang

From Mandarin 南陽／南阳 (Nányáng).

From Mandarin 南洋 (Nányáng).

Questions about Nanyang

What does Nanyang mean?
Nanyang means a prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
What part of speech is Nanyang?
Nanyang can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Nanyang in the dictionary

  1. nanukayami fever
  2. Nanumea
  3. Nanumean
  4. Nanumeans
  5. Nanxun
  6. Nanyang
  7. Nanyangs
  8. Nanyuki
  9. Nanzhang
  10. Nanzhao
  11. Nanzheng

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