南澳

Chinese

south
deep bay; cove; bay
deep bay; cove; bay; harbour; Australia (abbrev.); Macao
 
trad. (南澳)
simp. #(南澳)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

南澳

  1. () Nan'ao (a county of Shantou, Guangdong, China)
  2. () Nan'ao (a mountain indigenous township in Yilan County, Taiwan)
  3. () short for 南澳大利亞南澳大利亚 (Nán-Àodàlìyà): South Australia (a state of Australia, located in the central southern part of the continent; a former British colony until 1901)

Descendants

  • English: Nan'ao, Namoa

References

  • Duffus, William (1883) “Namoa”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 186