Nuannuan

English

Alternative forms

• Nuan Nuan

Etymology

From the Mandarin 暖暖 (Nuǎnnuǎn).

Proper noun

Nuannuan

1. A district of Keelung, Taiwan.
   • [1896, J. D. Clark, Formosa‎^[1], Shanghai: Shanghai Mercury, →OCLC, page 62:

     No decision has yet been reached on the question of opening a new Government mine at Nuan-nuan, which offers a better field, than Pa-tou for coal workings.]

   • 1962, Pacific Insects‎^[2], volume 4, Entomology Department, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 623:

     Larva has been found breeding in rock holes on stream beds at Neishuangchi, A2; in rock holes near the water-fall at Wulai, E32; and in rock holes on stream bed at Nuannuan, B7.

   • 2020 October 14, Keoni Everington, “Taipei-Keelung LRT line upgraded, THSR to be extended to Yilan”, in Taiwan News‎^[3], archived from the original on 17 October 2020‎^[4]:

     4. Keelung LRRT endpoint
     The new light rail line will run from Nangang to TRA's Badu Station, in Keelung's Nuannuan District.

   • n.d., “Nuannuan Sports Park”, in Department of Tourism and City Marketing, Keelung City Government‎^[5], archived from the original on 23 April 2021, Attractions‎^[6]:

     Nuannuan Sports Park is located on the opposite side of Dongding Road and Nuangdong^{[sic – meaning Nuandong]} Nursery Garden. There is a suspension viewing bridge between Dongding Road and Nuangdong^{[sic – meaning Nuandong]} Nursery Garden. It is a new public sports park in Nuannuan district.

   • 2023 January 20, “Police reprimanded for attending mob boss birthday party”, in Taipei Times‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-20, Taiwan News, page 2‎^[8]:

     A sergeant in the Third Precinct’s criminal investigation division, surnamed Cheng (鄭), had invited seven other officers to the gathering at a restaurant in Keelung’s Nuannuan District (暖暖) on the evening of Friday last week, the bureau said in a statement.

Translations

district in north Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 暖暖 (nyun⁵ nyun⁵)

  Mandarin: 暖暖 (zh) (Nuǎnnuǎn)

  Min Nan: 暖暖 (Loán-Loán)

Anagrams

• nanu-nanu