Shannan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 山南 (Shānnán).
Proper noun
Shannan
- A prefecture-level city in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
- Synonym: Lhoka
- 1976, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly Supplement, OCLC 53864202, page 4:
- People in Sangjih County in Shannan Prefecture are now working to complete in the shortest possible time a 30 km canal across 10 hills, 13 gullies and seven cliffs.
- 1992, Robert Strauss, “Yarlung Valley Monasteries & Sites”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet), 2nd edition, →ISBN, OCLC 1119739225, page 130, column 1:
- Tsetong, the capital of Shannan prefecture, has merged with Nêdong into a sprawl of Tibetan and Chinese buildings.
- 2018 July 29, “Chinese premier completes secretive Tibet visit”, in EFE, archived from the original on 29 July 2018:
- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Tibet's capital Lhasa, the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) river and the cities of Nyingchi and Shannan between Jul. 25-27, official news agency Xinhua reported.
Translations
prefecture-level city in Tibet, China
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