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Nonni

Nonni proper noun: synonym of Nen (a river in northeast China).

Proper noun

Nonni

  1. (dated) Synonym of Nen (a river in northeast China).
    • In the western range, and about sixiy miles from the Argun River, rises the Nonni, the most important waterway flowing through the province. On its way to the Sungari, which it joins at Shui-shih-ying-tzu, twenty miles to the north of the town of Petuna (Hsin Ch'eng), it passes on its left bank the...1904, Alexander Hosie, Manchuria: Its People, Resources and Recent History, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 148
    • Waterways: the Amur River is navigable for 450 miles for steamers and 1,500 miles for smaller craft; the Sungari is navigable to Kirin, the Nonni to Tsitsihar, the Liao to Tungkiangtze, and the Yalu for its entire course.1922, South Manchuria Railway, Manchuria: Land of Opportunities, New York: Thomas F. Logan, page 12
    Synonyms:
    Nen

Examples of Nonni in a sentence

  • In the western range, and about sixiy miles from the Argun River, rises the Nonni, the most important waterway flowing through the province.1904, Alexander Hosie, Manchuria: Its People, Resources and Recent History, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 148:
  • General Ma had first held up and defeated the vanguard of the Japanese invaders at the Nonni River, on the southern border of the Russian sphere in North Manchuria.1945, John B. Powell, “Russia, China, and Japan”, in My Twenty-five Years in China, New York: The MacMillan Company, →OCLC, page 199:

Synonyms of Nonni

Questions about Nonni

What does Nonni mean?
Nonni means synonym of Nen (a river in northeast China).
How do you use Nonni in a sentence?
In the western range, and about sixiy miles from the Argun River, rises the Nonni, the most important waterway flowing through the province.
What part of speech is Nonni?
Nonni is a proper noun.

Words near Nonni in the dictionary

  1. nonneutropenic
  2. nonnew
  3. nonnews
  4. nonnewsworthy
  5. nonnewtonian
  6. Nonni
  7. nonnickel
  8. nonnie
  9. nonnies
  10. nonnitrated
  11. nonnitrogen

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