Guinan

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Guinan (plural Guinans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Guinan is the 16601^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1727 individuals. Guinan is most common among White (87.49%) individuals.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴南／贵南.

Proper noun

Guinan

1. A county of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.
   • 2023 August 10, Victoria Bela, “China breaks ground on major project that could boost renewable energy production in Gobi desert”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 10, 2023, Science‎^[2]:

     Western China’s biggest pumped storage power station officially started construction on Sunday, adding a critical piece of infrastructure that could significantly boost renewable energy production in the Gobi desert and Tibetan plateau, according to the National Energy Administration (NEA). […]
     It will be located in Guinan county in the east of Qinghai and will use the Laxiwa reservoir on the Yellow River as its lower reservoir.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 貴南／贵南

  Mandarin: 貴南／贵南 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Gunian, guanin, ungain