Long'an

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See also: longan and Long An

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔŋˌɑn/, /-æn/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 隆安 (Lóng'ān).

Proper noun

Long'an

  1. A county of Nanning, Guangxi, China.
    • 2002 February 15, “Mainland to complete crash probe in three weeks”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on September 18, 2021:
      The crash happened at 10am when the bus, apparently swerving to avoid a cyclist, plunged down a cliff in Pingshan village, Long'an county, about 70km west of Nanning. It was on its way to the De Tian Waterfall on the China-Vietnam border.
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Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 龍安龙安 (Lóng'ān).

Proper noun

Long'an

  1. A district of Anyang, Henan, China.
    • 2014, Wenshuai (李文帅) Li, 郭吉利 [Guo Jili], “胎次和配种季节对长大二元母猪繁殖性能的影响 [Influence of Different Parities and Mating Seasons on the Reproductive Performance of LandracexYorkshire Sow]”, in 养猪 [Swine Production]‎, number 4, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 May 2022, page 44:
      The parities and litter sizes of 204 litters of piglets from 2012 to 2014 in Nongjiabao Pig Farm in Long'an District of Anyang city were investigated to study the reproductive performance of LandracexYorkshire sow according to the parities and hybridization seasons.
    • 2021 January 5, Indo-Asian News Service, “China: 1400-year-old tomb discovered in Henan”, in The Siasat Daily, archived from the original on 05 January 2021:
      The brick tomb dating back to the Sui Dynasty (581-618) was found in Long’an District in the city of Anyang, said Jiao Peng, director of the excavation department under the city’s research institute of cultural relics and archaeology, the Xinhua news agency reported.
    • 2021 July 22, “Henan Firefighters Rescue Residents From 'Record' Flooding in Anyang, China”, in Yahoo!, archived from the original on 09 September 2023:
      The third clip, which runs from 1:25 to 1:38, shows an aerial view of firefighters draining floodwaters on a main road in Anyang’s Long’an district on Thursday afternoon, the fire department said.
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