N1Noun
南蛮
なんばん
Meaning
- 1.southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
- 2.South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- 3.Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
Meanings across languages
- English
- southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south), South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods), Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- Tiếng Việt
- man di phương nam, các nước Đông Nam Á, châu Âu phương Tây
- 日本語
- 南蛮, 南方の蛮族, 南東アジア
- 한국어
- 남만, 남동 아시아 국가, 서유럽
- 中文
- 南蛮, 南方蛮族, 东南亚国家
- Bahasa Indonesia
- barbar selatan
- ภาษาไทย
- คนป่าเถื่อนทางใต้
- Español
- bárbaros del sur
- Français
- barbares du sud
- Deutsch
- südliche Barbaren
- Português
- bárbaros do sul
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