Nanzhang

English

Alternative forms

• Nan-chang, Nanchang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南漳 (Nánzhāng).

Proper noun

Nanzhang

1. A county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
   • 1995, Roger R. Thompson, “Notes”, in China's Local Councils in the Age of Constitutional Reform, 1898-1911‎^[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 200:

     Hubei initiatives included one far from the capital, about 145 miles upriver on the Han at Nanzhang county, where there were self-government educational activities as well as one in Yun county, far away in Hubei’s northwest corner.

   • 2015, Jack R. Lundbom, “A Brief Introduction of Christianity in Nanzhang County”, in Cao Jing, transl., On the Road to Siangyang: Covenant Mission in Mainland China 1890-1949‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 212:

     NANZHANG COUNTY IS SITUATED in the northwest of Hubei province, south of the Han River, neighboring Yi Cheng in the east, Bao Kang in the west, Xiangfan in the northeast, Gu Cheng in the northwest, Yuan An to the south, and Jing Men to the southeast.

   • 2018 January 7, Kinling Lo, Mimi Lau, “China braces for another wave of snowstorms, issues sleet alert”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 January 2018, People & Culture‎^[4]:

     Traffic police officers push a car on a snow-covered road in Nanzhang county, in Hubei province.

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南漳 (zh) (Nánzhāng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Nanzhang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.