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Nanzhili

Syllables: Nan·zhi·li

Nanzhili proper noun: a former Chinese province of the Ming Dynasty which contained the capital of Nanjing, later renamed Jiangnan by the Qing Dynasty and divided into Jiangsu and Anhui under the Qianlong Emperor.

Proper noun

Nanzhili

  1. (historical) A former Chinese province of the Ming Dynasty which contained the capital of Nanjing, later renamed Jiangnan by the Qing Dynasty and divided into Jiangsu and Anhui under the Qianlong Emperor.
    Synonyms:
    Jiangnan

Synonyms of Nanzhili

Forms of Nanzhili

alternative formNan-chih-li
alternative formNanchihli

Origin of Nanzhili

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 南直隸 /南直隶 (Nánzhílì).

Questions about Nanzhili

What does Nanzhili mean?
Nanzhili means a former Chinese province of the Ming Dynasty which contained the capital of Nanjing, later renamed Jiangnan by the Qing Dynasty and divided into Jiangsu and Anhui under the Qianlong Emperor.
What part of speech is Nanzhili?
Nanzhili is a proper noun.

Words near Nanzhili in the dictionary

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

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