Nan'an

Nan·an

proper noun

A county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.

Meanings

Nan'an1

proper noun

alternative Nan-an

  1. A county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.

Nan'an2

proper noun

alternative Nan-an

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.

    Several areas along Nanbin Road in Nanan district were flooded, with water rushing into the main halls of a Hilton Hotel, according to footage on Pear Video.

    [2020 August 20, Phoebe Zhang, “Chinese megacity Chongqing braces for record flood”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2020
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    Chicken is cooked in a variety of ways and two popular dishes are spicy chicken (làzi jī 辣子鸡) and a spicy chicken appetizer (kǒushuǐ jī 口水鸡) that's served cold. Chongqing's spring chicken (mineral water spring, not the season) is a local specialty. It's so good there's a whole street (nánshān quánshuǐjī yītiáojiē 南山泉水鸡一条街) dedicated to serving it. The chickens can be found by Nanshan Park at Huangjueya in the Nan'an District (南岸区黄桷垭南山公园).

    2004, Intercontinental's Best of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 403

    On November 14, 2011, Heywood had checked in to the Lucky Holiday Hotel in the Nan'an district of Chongqing. Some twenty-six hours later, he was found dead in his hotel room. The apparent cause of death was alcohol poisoning. Heywood's wife traveled from their home in Beijing to Chongqing, and with her agreement, Heywood's body was cremated. There was no autopsy.

    2013, Noah Feldman, “A Glimpse into the New China”, in Cool War: The Future of Global Competition, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 56

Origin

Nan'an · proper noun

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南安 (Nán'ān).

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Nan'an · proper noun

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 南岸 (Nán'àn).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 南安, 南岸
  • 南安 (naam⁴ on¹)county-level city in eastern China
  • 南岸 (naam⁴ ngon⁶)district
Chinese Mandarin 南安, 南岸
  • 南安 (Nán'ān)county-level city in eastern China
  • 南岸 (Nán'àn)district
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APA

Nan'an. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nan'an

MLA

“Nan'an.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nan'an. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nan'an,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nan'an.

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