Feng-nan

See also: Fengnan

English

Map including Feng-nan (Hsü-ko-chuang) (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 豐南／丰南 (Fēngnán), Wade-Giles romanization: Fêng¹-nan².

Proper noun

Feng-nan

1. Alternative form of Fengnan
   • 1976, National Intelligence Daily Cable‎^[1], page 4:

     The quake on July 28 (8.2 on the Richter Scale) probably was the worst of the century in China in terms of casualties and damage. The destruction of nearly all housing in the area--particularly at Tang-shan city (population 1 million) and Feng-nan County (population 400,000)--indicates that casualties were extremely high. Estimates of fatalities range from 100,000 to 800,000.

   • 1977 April 6, MEDICAL INSTRUMENT INDUSTRY INCREASES PRODUCTION (Translations on People's Republic of China No. 390)‎^[2], U.S. Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 24:

     Last year severe earthquakes occurred in the Tang-shan and Feng-nan areas.

   • 1999, Neville Williams, The Changing World 1776-1900 (The Hutchinson Chronology of World History)‎^[3], volume 3, Helicon Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 396:

     1882
     ...
     China's first railroad is built between T'ang-shan and Feng-nan. Used for carrying coal, it is 11 km/7 mi long. It is extended to 128 km/80 mi to Tianjin in 1888.

Translations

Fengnan — see Fengnan