Namhoi

English Etymology Borrowed from en yue - 南海 naam4 hoi2. Proper noun en Nanhai (Foshan, Guangdong, China): the Cantonese-derived name. en 1900 James Dyer Ball Customs, Imperial Maritime Things Chinese; Or, Notes Connected with China https://archive.org/details/thingschinesebei00ball/mode/2up London Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited third 159 https://archive.org/details/thingschinesebei00ball/page/158/mode/2up Kang Youwei Hong Yau Wai, the leader of the Chinese Reform Party, speaking of the enormous loss of revenue that occurs in China, stated that in his own native district, that of Namhoi, out of a total amount of $240,000 a year, only something over $20,000 reached the Imperial Purse. en 1903 Edward Harper Parker Customs, Maritime China: Past and Present https://archive.org/details/chinapastpresent00park_0/mode/1up New York E. P. Dutton &Co. 235 https://archive.org/details/chinapastpresent00park_0/page/234/mode/2up Thus, at the provincial capital of Canton, the viceroy of two provinces, the governor, treasurer, and judge of one province, salt intendant for two provinces, prefect-general, and two prefects, all have their “palaces,” or praetoria, within a few yards of each other, not to mention the Tartar and Chinese military authorities, the Tartar Customs, and so on; and the city of Canton is made up of the two prefectures or magistracies of Namhoi and P‘unyü, each with its jurisdiction.