Nan-ch'ung

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 南充 (Nánchōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-chʻung¹.

Proper noun

Nan-ch'ung

1. Alternative form of Nanchong
   • 1963, Yuan-li Wu, “The Infant Petroleum Industry”, in Economic Development and the Use of Energy Resources in Communist China‎^[1], Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 178:

     Newly discovered oil and gas deposits at Nan-ch'ung in Szechwan also promise to be of increasing importance.

   • 1970, Philip A. Kuhn, Rebellion and Its Enemies in Late Imperial China‎^[2], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 44:

     Tseng Tzu-po, magistrate of Nan-ch’ung, Szechwan, was another influential practitioner of chien-pi ch’ing-yeh.