Gannan

See also: Gànnán

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 甘南 (Gānnán).

Proper noun

Gannan

1. A Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Gansu, China.
   • 2009 March 5, Edward Wong, “50 years after uprising, a clampdown on Tibetans”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 March 2023, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Some of the worst rioting outside Lhasa took place here in Gannan, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, where the worlds of the Tibetans, Chinese and Hui Muslims converge. It is a dry area of herders roaming the plains and white-walled monasteries nestled against brown hillsides. At least 94 people - almost all police officers - were injured here last March, according to official news reports.
     The most prominent monastery in eastern Tibet, Labrang, lies in the town of Xiahe, in western Gannan.

   • 2010 August 9, “Landslides death toll mounts to more than 300”, in France 24‎^[3], archived from the original on 11 August 2010‎^[4]:

     The death toll jumped to 337 late Monday from an earlier figure of 137, Xinhua said, quoting Chen Jianhua, communist party chief of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous prefecture. Another 1,148 others were missing.

   • 2013 October 23, Didi Tang, “Tibetan denies official version of cousin’s death”, in AP News‎^[5], archived from the original on 02 June 2022‎^[6]:

     Independent reporting in the region is almost impossible because of Beijing’s tight controls. Though foreign journalists can travel to Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, police closely followed a group of Associated Press reporters on a recent trip, preventing them from interviewing most local Tibetans.

Translations

Tibetan autonomous prefecture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甘南 (zh) (Gānnán)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Nangan