Nan-an
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 南安 (Nán'ān) Wade-Giles pronunciation: Nan²-an¹.
Proper noun
- Alternative form of Nan'an
- 1981, Huang Shu-min, Agricultural Degradation Changing Community Systems in Rural Taiwan, 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
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