Hainan

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A large island and province in southern China with tropical beaches and warm weather

proper noun

: Hainan

I had seen pictures of the giant pandas of Sichuan and the black gibbons of Hainan.
Hainan Island
Hainan Province

Examples

The collision between the U.S. Navy EP-3E reconnaissance plane and the Chinese air force F-8 jet fighter near Hainan Island on 1 April 2001 did not fundamentally color the China-Taiwan issue.

Academic text (2002)
Beijing communicated its pragmatism even before 9/11 by quickly ratcheting down tensions during the Hainan Island spy plane incident of April 2001, which at first seemed like a classic Cold War confrontation.

Academic text (2006)
It left from the island of Hainan in the South of China.
On 1 April 2001, the EP-3E surveillance plane accident occurred near Hainan Island.

Academic text (2002)
In April 2001, a U.S. spy plane made an emergency landing on the southern Chinese island of Hainan after a collision with a Chinese fighter jet.

Academic text (2003)
In the late 1970s, the government inaugurated four special economic zones, to which Hainan Island was added in 1988, and subsequently extended that special status to fourteen other coastal cities.

Academic text (1992)
In 2002, Zee made a preliminary exploration of a wild lychee forest on China's Hainan Island, southwest of Hong Kong in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Academic text (2004)
China will plan a link between Hainan Island and the mainland.
So that's the latest that we have from Hainan Island: the third meeting is underway.
On 1 April 2001, the EP-3E surveillance plane accident occurred near Hainan Island.

Surface Forms

Hainan main

Etymology

The word Hainan comes from two Chinese parts: hai meaning 'sea' and nan meaning 'south'. So Hainan literally means 'south sea', which helps you remember it is an island province in the south of China known for its warm weather and beaches.