Meanings
jinnan1
- pluralplural of jinn
Jinnan2
- A district of Tianjin, China.
In Tianjin, schools are the hotbed of infections and all schools in Jinnan district in Tianjin have been suspended.
2022 January 11, Josephine Ma, “Omicron: Tianjin casts wide net to track new transmission routes in outbreak”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2022, News1 more example
Large fissures appeared on roads near a residential complex in Tianjin's Jinnan district and geological experts said they were likely caused by underground cavities below a depth of 1,300 m (4,270 feet), the Tianjin government said on Thursday on social media.
2023 June 9, Bernard Orr, “Thousands evacuated in China's Tianjin after cracks appear near high-rises”, in Raju Gopalakrishnan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2023, China
Origin
- Mandarin津南
- EnglishJinnan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 津南 (Jīnnán).
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Chinese Cantonese 津南
- 津南 (zeon¹ naam⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 津南
- 津南 (Jīnnán)district
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jinnan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jinnan
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