南蛮 (なんばん) — southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)

南蛮 is read なんばん and listed as a noun. Meaning: southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south).

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 南蛮.

  • 南米 なんべい South America
  • 南北 なんぼく north and south
  • 西南 せいなん south-west
  • 東南 とうなん south-east
  • 南緯 なんい southern latitude
  • 南海 なんかい southern sea
  • 南極 なんきょく South Pole
  • 南口 みなみぐち south entrance
  • 蛮勇 ばんゆう foolhardiness
  • 蛮行 ばんこう act of barbarity
  • 野蛮 やばん savage