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江南
Mandarin · pinyin Jiāng nán
Meanings
- region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang
- see 江南省 Jiāng nán Shěng
- see 江南區 Jiāng nán Qū
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1–2 · Jiang1 nan2
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gong1 naam4
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- Jiangnan (a region of China, south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River)
- (historical) (～省) Jiangnan (a province of China), during the Qing dynasty
- Gangnam (a neighborhood of Seoul, south of the Han River)
- (～區) Gangnam (a district of Seoul)
- (～市) Kōnan (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
- (～鄉) Jiangnan (a township in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
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