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Nanzhao

Syllables: Nan·zhao

Nanzhao proper noun: a kingdom that flourished in present-day Yunnan, China, between 739 and 902 CE.

Proper noun (1)

Nanzhao

  1. (historical) a kingdom that flourished in present-day Yunnan, China, between 739 and 902 CE.

Proper noun (2)

Nanzhao

  1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
    • Chang Tiehtou or Iron Head Chang, another bandit ringleader, is now staying at Tenghsien in South Honan, with about 2,000 guns. Tsui Er-tan and Wei Kuo-chu, both famous bandit ringleaders, with about 7,000 guns, who had captured several villages in the Nanchao Hsien region and set some of them on...[1931 April 4 [1931 March 27], “Banditry and Famine in Honan”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 56, number 5, →OCLC, page 156, column 1
    • On 3 February some 10,000 proletarian revolutionaries, revolutionary masses, and PLA commanders and fighters in Nanchao County held a rally to celebrate the setting up of the Nanchao County revolutionary committee.[1968 February 8 [1968 February 6], “Honan County Committee”, in Daily Report: Communist China, number 28, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengchow Honan Provincial, translation...

Nanzhao meaning in Thai and Vietnamese

Nanzhao in Thai

Translations
น่านเจ้า nâan-jâo

Nanzhao in Vietnamese

Translations
Nam Chiếu

Forms of Nanzhao

alternative formNan-chao

Origin of Nanzhao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南詔 /南诏 (Nánzhào).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南召.

Questions about Nanzhao

What does Nanzhao mean?
Nanzhao means a kingdom that flourished in present-day Yunnan, China, between 739 and 902 CE.
What is Nanzhao in Thai?
Nanzhao in Thai is น่านเจ้า (nâan-jâo). See Nanzhao meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is Nanzhao?
Nanzhao is a proper noun.

Words near Nanzhao in the dictionary

  1. Nanxun
  2. Nanyang
  3. Nanyangs
  4. Nanyuki
  5. Nanzhang
  6. Nanzhao
  7. Nanzheng
  8. Nanzhili
  9. Nanzi
  10. Nanzian
  11. Nanzih

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