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Chinese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unclear. First attested in the Book of Han as a county under 益州郡, located in modern-day Xiangyun county, Yunnan.
Proper noun
雲南
- (~省) Yunnan (a province in southwest China)
- (~縣) (historical) Yunnan (a former county of Yunnan province, China; now Xiangyun county, Yunnan)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 雲南 (Unnan).
Proper noun
雲南
- (~市) Unnan (a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 雲南 / 云南 (Yúnnán)
Proper noun
雲南 • (Unnan)
- Yunnan (a province of China)
Etymology 2
Analyzable as a compound of 雲 (un, “Short for 出雲”) + 南 (nan, “south”). Thus the term can be translated literally as "Southern part of Izumo Province".
Proper noun
雲南 • (Unnan)
- Unnan (a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan)
Korean
Proper noun
雲南 • (Unnam) (hangeul 운남)
- hanja form? of 운남 (“Yunnan”)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
雲南
- chữ Hán form of Vân Nam (“Yunnan”).