Nangan

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Nangan

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From Mandarin 南竿 (Nángān).

proper noun Nankan

A rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, primarily made up of Matsu (Nangan) Island. Cingtanwo [translating 青檀沃], a remote village very close to the coast, is situated in the southeastern part of Nangan Township.
Synonym of Matsu (island) One hundred and fifty miles north of Quemoy on Nankan Island, it wasn't the sound of Communist artillery fire that awoke Lieutenant Colonel Carl Kueffer, but the persistent jangling of his telephone.[…]The one landing strip in the Matsus, and good for light aircraft only, was on the second largest i
Similar: Matsu

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name rural township

中文	南竿 Nángān

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@misc{nangan_2026,
  title = {Nangan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nangan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}