Cangnan
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蒼南/苍南 (Cāngnán).
Proper noun
editCangnan
- A county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- 2006 August 11, “Typhoon Saomai kills more than 100 in China - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 29, 2022, Asia Pacific[2]:
- It said 81 people were killed in the southeastern city of Wenzhou, including at least 43 people in suburban Cangnan county. Another 11 people were missing in Wenzhou, the agency said.
Bodies of the dead in Cangnan, which included eight children, were discovered amid the debris of collapsed houses, Xinhua said.