Shannan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 山南 (Shānnán).

Proper noun

Shannan

1. A prefecture-level city in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on the border with Bhutan.

   Synonym: Lhoka

   • 1976, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly Supplement‎^[1], →OCLC, page 4:

     People in Sangjih County in Shannan Prefecture are now working to complete in the shortest possible time a 30 km canal across 10 hills, 13 gullies and seven cliffs.

   • 1992, Robert Strauss, “Yarlung Valley Monasteries & Sites”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet)‎^[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130, column 1:

     Tsetong, the capital of Shannan prefecture, has merged with Nêdong into a sprawl of Tibetan and Chinese buildings.

   • 2008 March 30, “The Olympic flame's journey to the opening ceremony”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-11, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     June 19-21: Tibet; flame travels to Shannan Diqu and Lhasa.

   • 2018 July 29, “Chinese premier completes secretive Tibet visit”, in EFE‎^[5], archived from the original on 29 July 2018:

     Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Tibet's capital Lhasa, the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) river and the cities of Nyingchi and Shannan between Jul. 25-27, official news agency Xinhua reported.

Translations

prefecture-level city in Tibet, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 山南 (saan¹ naam⁴)

  Mandarin: 山南 (zh) (Shānnán)

• Tibetan: ལྷོ་ཁ་གྲོང (lho kha grong)