Nanchong

See also: nánchǒng and Nánchōng

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 南充 (Nánchōng).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: nänʹcho͝ongʹ

Proper noun

Nanchong

  1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
    • 2017 October 17, John Ruwitch, Anita Li, “Cash and coffee: a young woman's path in a changing China”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 07 May 2022, Regulatory News‎:
      Her mother had recently had minor surgery, so Qin decided it was a good time to leave the golf company and move back to her hometown of Nanchong, a city in Sichuan province some 200 km (125 miles) east of Chengdu.

Translations

References
  1. Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 358:
    Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Nanchung (Nan-ch'ung, Nanchong)

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