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southern adjective—南部 adj (often used) 南方 adv Examples:southern Chinese dialects of Fujian and east Guangdong—Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing—pen name of Deng Xiaoping during his 1992 southern tour—Lu You (1125-1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets—Huizhou dialect of Gan, spoken in southern parts of Anhui Province—The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta—the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei—Minamata disease (mercury poisoning found in Southern Japan in 1956)—tenement house (esp. in southern China and Hong Kong)—Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms—(old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)—Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan—Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239—Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai—a southern Chinese dialect of Fujian and east Guangdong—small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty—Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff—Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing—Kaesong or Gaeseong 개성시 city in southwest North Korea, close the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies—Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet—Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu—Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art—Walloon, inhabitant of Southern French-speaking area of Belgium—old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond—often refers south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces—Fan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as atheist denying Buddhist teachings on karma and rebirth—refers the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279)—nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)—area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai—Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet—name of states in Southern China at different historical periods—the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth. which, despite its name, is of no practical use—Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia—Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693—Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through Alaska and Aleutian islands—Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mgo-log Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in south Qinghai—Seoul Metropolitan City, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005)—Panzhihua prefecture level city in south Sichuan, bordering Yunnan, famous for steel production and pollution—Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)—BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)—Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000—Jacob Zuma (1942-), South African ANC politician, vice-president 1999-2005, president from 2009—Dupang mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong—Panzhihua prefecture in south Sichuan, bordering Yunnan—Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods)—Roh Tae-woo (1932-), South Korean politician, president 1988-1993—Blue House (Cheong Wa Dae 청와대), residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul—Yun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Seoul from 1948, president 1960-1962—Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea)—the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)—Yuecheng mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi—Murray-Darling river system in south Australia—Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)—Bushehr Province of south Iran, bordering on the Persian Gulf—Hanseong, old name of Seoul as traditional capital of Korea and capital of South Korea—Jeju Island special autonomous province (Cheju Island), South Korea, a World Heritage site—South Hamgyeong Province 함경남도 of east North Korea—Qitian mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong—generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods—Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw, jungle capital of Myanmar (Burma) since November 2005, 300 km north of Rangoon and 300 km south of Mandalay—Pingtung city, county and military airbase in south Taiwan—Johor (state of Malaysia at south of Malayan peninsula)—Vanuatu in south Pacific (formerly New Hebrides) (Tw)— |