Feng-nan

A form of Fengnan — A district of Tangshan, Hebei, China, formerly a county.

OriginMandarin 豐南 /丰南 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Fengnan.

    Last year severe earthquakes occurred in the Tang-shan and Feng-nan areas.

    1977 April 6, MEDICAL INSTRUMENT INDUSTRY INCREASES PRODUCTION (Translations on People's Republic of China No. 390), U.S. Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 24
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    The quake on July 28 (8.2 on the Richter Scale) probably was the worst of the century in China in terms of casualties and damage. The destruction of nearly all housing in the area--particularly at Tang-shan city (population 1 million) and Feng-nan County (population 400,000)--indicates that casualties were extremely high. Estimates of fatalities range from 100,000 to 800,000.

    1976 September 29, “CHINA: Earthquake Impact”, in National Intelligence Daily Cable, published 2005, →OCLC, page 4

    1882 ... China's first railroad is built between T'ang-shan and Feng-nan. Used for carrying coal, it is 11 km/7 mi long. It is extended to 128 km/80 mi to Tianjin in 1888.

    1999, Neville Williams, The Changing World 1776-1900 (The Hutchinson Chronology of World History), volume 3, Helicon Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 396

Origin

  1. Mandarin豐南 /丰南
  2. EnglishFeng-nan

From Mandarin 豐南 /丰南 (Fēngnán), Wade–Giles romanization: Fêng¹-nan².

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