Nanzhao

• (from Wade–Giles) Nan-chao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 南召.

Nanzhao

1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
   • [1968, Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎, number 23-42, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24:

     HONAN COUNTY COMMITTEE--On 3 February some 10,000 proletarian revolutionaries, revolutionary masses, and PLA commanders and fighters in Nanchao County held a rally to celebrate the setting up of the Nanchao County revolutionary committee.]

   • 2002, Tsai, Kellee S., Back-Alley Banking: Private Entrepreneurs in China‎, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 185:

     Since foreigners are still prohibited from entering most such areas, I was able to visit only those that had already benefited from international and government-supported microfinance programs (discussed below), specifically Yucheng County in the east and Nanzhao County in the southwest of the province.

   • 2015 June 8, Meng, Angela, “'Tacky' Chinese boyfriend criticised for making river rafting staff salute girlfriend on her birthday”, in South China Morning Post‎, archived from the original on 09 June 2015:

     The couple, who were not named, took the raft trip in a natural park in Nanzhao county in northern Henan province, the report said.