Chinese

Proper noun

江南

1. Jiangnan (the region of China located to the south of the Yangtze River, near Shanghai)
2. Gangnam (a neighborhood of Seoul south of the Han River)

See also

• 江北 (Jiāngběi, “Jiangbei”)
• 江東／江东 (Jiāngdōng, “Jiangdong”)

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology

From 江 (こう) ‎(kō, “river”) + 南 (なん) ‎(nan, “south”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːnã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

江南 ‎(hiragana こうなん, romaji Kōnan)

1. a place name, such as that of Kōnan City in Aichi Prefecture