Nan'ao
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English
Alternative forms
- Nan-ao (Wade–Giles)
- Namoa (Postal Romanization, from Cantonese)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南澳 (Nán'ào).
Pronunciation
- enPR: nänʹouʹ
Proper noun
Nan'ao
- A county of Shantou, Guangdong, China.
- 1997, John W. Garver, “The Confrontation”, in Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 99–100:
- The force composition of the two PLA concentrations—on the Dongshan-Nan'ao Islands area at the southern end of the Strait and Haitan Island at the northern end-reflected their assigned missions dealing with achievement of air and sea superiority and amphibious assault.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Nan'ao.
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Further reading
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Namao”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1279, column 3: “Often mistakenly spelled Namoa.”
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Nan’ao”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2114, column 2