Pingnan
/ˈpɪŋ.nɑːn/noun
A romanized Chinese place name meaning a southern region associated with peace or pacification, used by several counties and localities in China.
Did you know?Pingnan is not one unique place: several Chinese localities bear the name 平南, reflecting a traditional geographic naming pattern in which political order was encoded directly into place names.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Chinese
Old Chinese
平
“Level, even, peaceful, or to pacify”
Ancient Chinese
Old Chinese
南
“South; the southern direction”
Imperial China
Classical Chinese
平南
“Pacify the south, or peaceful south”
20th Century
Chinese
平南
“A standardized Chinese place name used by multiple counties and localities”
Modern English
English
Pingnan
“The Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 平南”