Jiangnan
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Jiangnan
- /d͡ʒɑŋ.nɑn/
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From Hanyu Pinyin Jiāngnán, from the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 江南 (Jiāngnán, “[Place] South of the [Yangtze] River”), from Classical Chinese use of 江 (jiāng) as a proper name for the Yangtze.
proper noun Kiamnan · Kimnan · Kiangnan · Kiang-nan · Chiang-nan · Chiangnan
- A roughly defined area of China always including the lands south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and northern Zhejiang, sometimes inclusive of its cultural sphere north of the river and sometimes extending south as far as Guangdong. They traveled northeast along the Hsiang River, on foot and by boat, then turned east from northern Hunan into Kiangsi and Anhwei, reaching the heart of the Chiangnan region (south of the Yangtze River). For the next ten years they journeyed all over Chiangnan, stopping at the famous religious shrin
- A province of Qing-era China, now divided into Jiangsu and Anhui. The reason Hunan’s rich soils did not produce rice yields to match those of the “barren” lands of Fukien and Chekiang was because manpower was scarce in Hunan. Rice could not be grown with the same care found in the two densely populated Chiangnan provinces.
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Talk about this word "Jiangnan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jiangnan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Jiangnan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jiangnan "Jiangnan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jiangnan.Cite this
@misc{jiangnan_2026,
title = {Jiangnan},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jiangnan},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
