Nandan

English

Alternative forms

• Nantan

Etymology

From Mandarin 南丹 (Nándān).

Proper noun

Nandan

1. A county of Hechi, Guangxi, China.
   • 2001 September 1 [2001 August 31], Erik Eckholm, “Pressed by Media, China Accuses Mine Officials of Cover-Up”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on November 13, 2010, World‎^[2]:

     Eighty-one workers drowned after carelessly planned blasting on July 17 opened up a water-filled shaft, sending torrents into nearby tunnels at the mine complex in Nandan County, in Guangxi region. […]
     On July 30, even as Nandan County officials insisted there had been no deaths, accounts of a huge disaster and cover-up appeared in several newspapers.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 南丹 (naam⁴ daan¹)

  Mandarin: 南丹 (zh) (Nándān)

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