Nanhai

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Nanhai

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From Mandarin 南海 (Nánhǎi).

proper noun Nam Hoi · Namhoi · Nan-hai

A district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China. A big poster recently appeared in Nanhai County of Kwangtung Province condemning the unpardonable crimes committed by Mao Tse-tung during his notorious lifetime, according to an intelligence source from behind the Iron Curtain. Entitled "Our debt of blood must be repaid in kind by pro-Mao reptiles,"
A town in Songzi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
A lake in Zhongnanhai, Xicheng district, Beijing, China. Grouped around Chung Hai (Middle lake) and Nan Hai (South lake), just west of the Palace museum, are the government buildings of the Chinese Communist regime.

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name district; town

中文	南海 Nánhǎi

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@misc{nanhai_2026,
  title = {Nanhai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nanhai},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}