Nanyang (geographical region)
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'''Nanyang''' ({{zh-cp|c=南洋|p=nányáng}}) is the Chinese name for the geographical region south of [[China]], particularly [[Southeast Asia]]. Literally meaning "Southern Ocean", it came into common usage in self-reference to the large ethnic Chinese migrant population in Southeast Asia, to be more precise, in [[Singapore]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Malaysia]].
Nanyang is contrasted with ''Xiyang'' (Western Ocean), which refers to the [[Western world]], and ''Dongyang'' (Eastern Ocean), which refers to [[Japan]].
==See also==
*[[South Seas]]
==External links==
*[http://www.lewismicropublishing.com/Publications/AnthropologicalEssays/UrbanDimensionsNanyangPoliticalEconomy.htm Urban dimension of the political economy of Nanyang ethnicity]
[[Category:Geography of Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Geography of the People's Republic of China]]