Nan-an

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

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Etymology

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

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Nan-an

  1. Alternative form of Nan'an.
    • 1981, Huang Shu-min, “Research Procedure and the Village Setting”, in 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.

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