Meanings
- A county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
1 more example
It said 81 people were killed in the southeastern city of Wenzhou, including at least 43 people in suburban Cangnan county. Another 11 people were missing in Wenzhou, the agency said. Bodies of the dead in Cangnan, which included eight children, were discovered amid the debris of collapsed houses, Xinhua said.
2006 August 11, “Typhoon Saomai kills more than 100 in China - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2022, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Mandarin蒼南 /苍南
- EnglishCangnan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蒼南 /苍南 (Cāngnán).
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Chinese Cantonese 蒼南 /苍南
- 蒼南 /苍南 (cong¹ naam⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 蒼南 /苍南
- 蒼南 /苍南 (Cāngnán)county
Cite this entry
Cangnan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cangnan
“Cangnan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cangnan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cangnan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cangnan.
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