Nganning

English

Proper noun

Nganning

1. Dated form of Anning.
   • 1875, The Book of Ser Marco Polo‎^[1], London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 57:

     This River Nganning waters a valley called Kienchang, containing near its northern end a city known by the same name, but in our modern maps marked as Ningyuen-fu; this last being the name of a department of which it is the capital, and which embraces much more than the valley of Kienchang.

   • 1912, “The Monthly Record”, in The Geographical Journal‎^[2], volume XXIX, London: Royal Geographical Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 73:

     M. Dessirier explored the important range lying between the valley of the Nganning on the west and that of the Puke, traversed by M. Bonin, on the east.[...]At the end of March Dr. Legendre and M. Noiret explored the porphyritic range which runs from north to south between the valleys of the Tung-ho and Yangtse separating the valley of the Nganning from the basin of Yuesi.

   • 1912 February 10, The National Review, China‎^[3], volume 11, →OCLC, page 114:

     M. Dessirier explored the important range lying between the valley of the Nganning on the and survey of the less known regions of the world , as a good west and that of the Puke traversed by M. Bonin on the east-