Nanri
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Nan-jih
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 南日 (Nánrì).
Proper noun
Nanri
- A town in Xiuyu district, Putian, Fujian, China.
- 1982, Swanson, Bruce, Eighth Voyage of the Dragon: A History of China's Quest for Seapower, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, LCCN 81-85443, OCLC 924803835, OL 3795521M, page 186:
- The Nationalists also carried out guerrilla raids against Communist-held islands. For example, on 11 October 1952 five thousand Nationalist regulars and guerrillas raided Nanri Island, off the southern coast of Fujian.
- 2019 February 26, “Traditional custom "Chonghai" of Nanri Island in SE China's Fujian”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 28 April 2019:
- Fishermen carry a sedan chair and rush to the sea at Nanri Island in Putian, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 22, 2019. This traditional custom named "Chonghai" represents the wishes about the safety of fishermen on the sea and a good harvest in fishing.
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Translations
town in Xiuyu, Putian, Fujian, China
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Anagrams
- Nairn, ran in