Nan'ao

• Nan-ao (Wade–Giles)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin^[1] 南澳 (Nán'ào).

• enPR: nän′ou′^[1]
• Hyphenation: Nan‧ao

Nan'ao

1. A county of Shantou, Guangdong, China.
   • 1997, John W. Garver, “The Confrontation”, in Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization‎^[1], University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 99–100:

     The force composition of the two PLA concentrations—on the Dongshan-Nan'ao Islands area at the southern end of the Strait and Haitan Island at the northern end-reflected their assigned missions dealing with achievement of air and sea superiority and amphibious assault.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Nan'ao.

• (from Teochew, Postal Romanization) Namoa

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Nan’ao”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[2], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2114, column 2

• Anona, anona