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Nganning

Nganning is the dated form of Anning.

Meaning of Anning

Proper noun (1)

Anning

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2)

Anning

  1. A county-level city of Kunming, Yunnan, China.
    • From Pi-chi Kuan to An-ning chou 安甯州 (now An-ning hsien) is 50 li. An-ning is a walled city lying in a valley at an altitude of 6,000 feet. In ancient days it was the T’ang-lang-ch’uan 螳螂川 (Mantis stream) of the Tien Kingdom. A small trail here branches off to the town of Wu-ting 武定, three stages...[1947, Joseph F. Rock, “Introduction”, in The Ancient Na-khi Kingdom of Southwest China, volume 1, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 15
  2. A river in Sichuan, China.
    • THE second day after leaving Hui-li-chou we entered the valley of the Anning Ho, a grey, fast-flowing stream whose course runs parallel with the meridian like all the others of that interesting group of rivers between Assam and eastern Szechuan, the Irrawaddy, the Sal ween, the Mekong, the Yangtse...1913, Elizabeth Kendall, “The Chien-ch'ang”, in A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a Trip Across West China and Mongolia, Houghton Mifflin Company, →OCLC, page 71

Questions about Nganning

What is Nganning the dated form of?
Nganning is the dated form of Anning.

Words near Nganning in the dictionary

  1. Ngangom
  2. Nganguela
  3. Nganhwei
  4. Ngankikurungkurr
  5. Ngankin
  6. Nganning
  7. Ngans
  8. Nganu Leima
  9. NGAP
  10. ngapee
  11. ngapi

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