The story
- Mandarin · borrowed from南直隸 /南直隶
- English todayNanzhili
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 南直隸 /南直隶 (Nánzhílì).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nanzhili
Nan·zhi·liToday it means: A former Chinese province of the Ming Dynasty which contained the capital of Nanjing, later renamed Jiangnan by the Qing Dynasty and divided into Jiangsu and Anhui under the Qianlong Emperor. Full definition →
Mandarin 南直隸 /南直隶