Shannan
Shannan proper noun: a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on the border with Bhutan.
Proper noun
Shannan
- A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on the border with Bhutan.
- People in Sangjih County in Shannan Prefecture are now working to complete in the shortest possible time a 30 km canal across 10 hills, 13 gullies and seven cliffs.1976, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly Supplement, →OCLC, page 4
- I brought a transistor radio on 31 March this year at the Chiaotien shop in Shanghai. In April I asked a friend to take it to my sister who lived in Shannan Prefecture, Tibet, so that she could listen to broadcasts from Peking.1977 November 15 [1977 November 11], Yang Chih-hsin, quotee, “Radio Plant's Attitude Resolves Consumer's Complaint”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 220, Foreign...
- Synonyms:
- Lhoka
Examples of Shannan in a sentence
- Tsetong, the capital of Shannan prefecture, has merged with Nêdong into a sprawl of Tibetan and Chinese buildings.1992, Robert Strauss, “Yarlung Valley Monasteries & Sites”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC...
- June 19-21: Tibet; flame travels to Shannan Diqu and Lhasa.2008 March 30, “The Olympic flame's journey to the opening ceremony”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11...
- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Tibet's capital Lhasa, the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) river and the cities of Nyingchi and Shannan between Jul. 25-27, official news agency Xinhua reported.2018 July 29, “Chinese premier completes secretive Tibet visit”, in EFE, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018:
Synonyms of Shannan
Origin of Shannan
Borrowed from Mandarin 山南 (Shānnán).
Questions about Shannan
- What does Shannan mean?
- Shannan means a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on the border with Bhutan.
- How do you use Shannan in a sentence?
- Tsetong, the capital of Shannan prefecture, has merged with Nêdong into a sprawl of Tibetan and Chinese buildings.
- What part of speech is Shannan?
- Shannan is a proper noun.
Words near Shannan in the dictionary
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