Longnan
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 隴南／陇南 (Lǒngnán).
Proper noun
Longnan
- A prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.
- 1999, Wu Qing, “What I Know about Gender and Development”, in Feminists doing Development: A Practical Critique, →ISBN, LCCN 99-41268, OCLC 44611664, page 67:
- There is the saying, ‘Two heads are better than one’. For example, I talked to over 100 women from different sectors of Longnan Prefecture twice to sensitize them to women’s issues and to build up their confidence. When I was walking down the street, I was often stopped by women who would come up and tell me how much they had changed after they heard my lectures.
- 2017 August 8, Shepherd, Christian; David Stanway; Michael Martina; Faith Hung; Ben Blanchard, “Quake in China's Sichuan kills 19, including tourists; injures 247”, in Michael Perry; Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 May 2022, Environment:
- In nearby Longnan in the neighboring province of Gansu, also jolted by the quake, eight people died in landslides caused by heavy rain, the People’s Daily said.
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Translations
prefecture-level city
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