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Xinan

Syllables: Xi·nan/ʃiˈnæn/

Xinan proper noun: a subdistrict of Sanshui district, Foshan, Guangdong, China.

Proper noun

Xinan

  1. A subdistrict of Sanshui district, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
  2. A town in Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong, China.
    • A resident of Shangdaimei village, also near Shanwei city, said hundreds of villagers had marched to local government offices in Xinan township on Sunday to protest the sale of their farmland.[…]
    • An official who answered the phone at the Xinan township government confirmed the protest had taken place.2011 December 19, Fung Yat-yiu, Wen Yuqing, Luisetta Mudie, “Villagers Defy Threat of Force”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2015

Origin of Xinan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西南 (Xīnán).

Questions about Xinan

What does Xinan mean?
Xinan means a subdistrict of Sanshui district, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
What part of speech is Xinan?
Xinan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Xinan?
Xinan is pronounced /ʃiˈnæn/.

Words near Xinan in the dictionary

  1. Xin
  2. Xin'an
  3. xinafoate
  4. Xinaliq
  5. Xinalug
  6. Xinan
  7. Xinantun
  8. Xinbei
  9. Xinbin
  10. Xinca
  11. Xincai

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