Nan-an

See also: nanan, nán'àn, Nanan, Nan'an, and Nán'ān

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 南安 (Nán'ān) Wade-Giles pronunciation: Nan²-an¹.

Proper noun

Nan-an

1. Alternative form of Nan'an
   • 1981, Huang Shu-min, Agricultural Degradation Changing Community Systems in Rural Taiwan‎^[1], University Press of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:

     In 1974, except for two mainlanders who married village girls and resided there, and one Hakka-speaking family, the majority of the village families and lineage groups can trace their ancestry to Nan-an county, a small area in Ch'uan-chou region, southern Fukkien.

Translations

Nan'an — see Nan'an

Anagrams

• Annan, Nanna, nanna