Nangang

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 南崗／南岗.

Proper noun

Nangang

1. A district of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南崗／南岗 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 南港 (Nángǎng).

Alternative forms

• Nankang; NanKang; Nan-kang; Nan-chiang

Proper noun

Nangang

1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
   • 1968, Norton S. Ginsburg, “T’AI-PEI”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 21, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 627, column 2:

     Situated in the centre of the largest agricultural basin in northern Formosa, T’ai-pei (population in 1964 was estimated to be 1,117,000) forms the nucleus of a major industrial area. The T’ai-pei industrial complex includes light and heavy industies within the urbanized area and also in several industrial suburbs, including Pan-ch’iao and Nan-chiang.

   • 2017 February 13, “Speed a possible factor in Taiwan bus crash that killed 32”, in AP News‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 September 2022‎^[2]:

     The bus belonged to the private Yongli Keyun transit company and had been turning off the No. 5 freeway onto the No. 3 freeway in the eastern Taipei district of Nangang when it crashed at about 9 p.m.

   • 2024 February 16, “Taipei mayor touts lockers to reduce weight of student school bags”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[3], archived from the original on February 16, 2024, Culture‎^[4]:

     Chiang made the remark after greeting students at the front gate of Dong-xin Elementary School in Nangang District on the first day of their spring semester, saying he hopes students in elementary and junior high schools in the city will not have to carry school bags any heavier than one-eighth of their body weight.

Translations

district in northern Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 南港 (Lâm-káng)

  Mandarin: 南港 (zh) (Nángǎng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Nangang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.