Meanings
- A Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai, China.
"The major responsible personnel of the CCP core group and revolutioary committee of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous District said: The problem of lines is a basic problem.
1971 January 13 [1971 January 3], “Tsinghai Populace Studies, Implements Joint Editorial”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 8, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sining Tsinghai Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Northwest Region, page H 22 more examples
The herder, Tamdin Thar, who was thought to be in his early 60s, self-immolated in front of a police compound in Markethang, a county seat in the Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, according to the group Free Tibet.
2012 June 15, Andrew Jacobs, “Tibetan Herder Dies After Setting Himself on Fire in Government Protest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2012, Asia PacificA Tibetan man in his late twenties called Phagmo Samdup set himself on fire on February 5 in Dokarmo town in Tsekhog (Chinese: Zeku) in Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, the Tibetan area of Amdo, according to Tibetan sources. It is the first self-immolation of 2014, five years on from the first self-immolation in Tibet of Kirti monk Tapey in February, 2009.
[2014 February 7, “Self-immolation of Tibetan father of two in Tsekhog”, in International Campaign for Tibet, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2014
Origin
- Mandarin黃南 /黄南
- EnglishHuangnan
From the Mandarin 黃南 /黄南 (Huángnán).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Cantonese 黃南 /黄南
- 黃南 /黄南Tibetan autonomous prefecture
Chinese Mandarin 黃南 /黄南
- 黃南 /黄南 (Huángnán)Tibetan autonomous prefecture
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Huangnan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huangnan
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