江南

Chinese

		river	south
simp. and trad. (江南)		江	南

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 江南

1. Jiangnan (a region of China, located to the south of the Yangtze River, near Shanghai)
2. Gangnam (a neighborhood of Seoul, south of the Han River)
3. (～區) Gangnam (a district of Seoul)
4. (～市) Kōnan (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (江南):

• → Japanese: 江南(こうなん) (kōnan)
• → Korean: 강남(江南) (gangnam)
• → Vietnamese: Giang Nam (江南)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠩᠨᠠᠨ (giyangnan)

See also

• 江北 (Jiāngběi, “Jiangbei”)
• 江東／江东 (Jiāngdōng, “Jiangdong”)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
江	南
こう Grade: S	なん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 江(こう) (kō, “river”) + 南(なん) (nan, “south”).

Proper noun

江(こう)南(なん) or 江南(proper) • (kōnan or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|こうなん]]

1. a place name, such as that of Kōnan City in Aichi Prefecture