Nanzhang
Syllables: Nan·zhang
Nanzhang proper noun: a county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
Proper noun
Nanzhang
- A county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
- Hubei initiatives included one far from the capital, about 145 miles upriver on the Han at Nanzhang county, where there were self-government educational activities as well as one in Yun county, far away in Hubei’s northwest corner.1995, Roger R. Thompson, “Notes”, in China's Local Councils in the Age of Constitutional Reform, 1898-1911, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 200
- NANZHANG COUNTY IS SITUATED in the northwest of Hubei province, south of the Han River, neighboring Yi Cheng in the east, Bao Kang in the west, Xiangfan in the northeast, Gu Cheng in the northwest, Yuan An to the south, and Jing Men to the southeast.2015, Jack R. Lundbom, “A Brief Introduction of Christianity in Nanzhang County”, in Cao Jing, transl., On the Road to Siangyang: Covenant Mission in Mainland China 1890-1949, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 212
Forms of Nanzhang
| alternative form | Nan-chang |
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| alternative form | Nanchang |
Origin of Nanzhang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南漳 (Nánzhāng).
Questions about Nanzhang
- What does Nanzhang mean?
- Nanzhang means a county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
- What part of speech is Nanzhang?
- Nanzhang is a proper noun.
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