Hai-nan

See also: Hainan and Hǎinán

English

Map including HAI-NAN TAO (ATC, 1969)

Etymology

Wade-Giles transcription of Mandarin 海南 (Hǎinán).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīʹnänʹ

Proper noun

Hai-nan

1. Alternative form of Hainan
   • 1802, Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish, “Loui-tcheou-fou”, in A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent‎^[1], Samuel Etheridge, page [2]:

     Its territory is ſeparated, by a narrow ſtrait only, from the iſle of Hai-nan : 315 miles S W Canton.

   • 1971, Central Intelligence Bulletin‎^[3], Directorate of Intelligence, page 5:

     COMMUNIST CHINA: Peking is expanding its naval activity in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea some 200 miles southeast of Hai-nan Island.

   • 1995, Jesus B. Tupaz, John W. Diercks, Dean A. Morss, 1981 Annual Typhoon Report‎^[4], Joint Typhoon Warning Center, page 69:

     Synoptic and satellite data also indicated that Warren's vertical axis was tilted southward as he tracked over Hai-nan.
     After passing over Hai-nan, Warren emerged into the Gulf of Tonkin.

   • 2007, Nigel Cawthorne, Daughter of Heaven‎^[5], Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 77:

     This was the southernmost province of the Empire, comprising what is now north Vietnam and the island of Hai-nan.

Translations

Hainan — see Hainan

Further reading

• “Hai-nan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Nan-hai, Nanhai