Nonni

nonni English Etymology en from Manchu ᠨᠣᠨ ᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ, via Russian Но́нни? Pronunciation nōn-nē′Nonni River 1333 1 Proper noun en dated en Nen (a river in northeast China). en https://archive.org/details/manchuriaitspeo00hosigoog/mode/2up 1904 Manchuria: Its People, Resources and Recent History Alexander Hosie Charles Scribner's Sons New York 148 https://archive.org/details/manchuriaitspeo00hosigoog/page/n152/mode/1up In the western range, and about sixiy miles from the Argun River, rises the Nonni, the most important waterway flowing through the province. On its way to the Sungari, which it joins at Shui-shih-ying-tzu, twenty miles to the north of the town of Petuna (Hsin Ch'eng), it passes on its left bank the town of Mergen and Tsi-tsi-har, known to the Chinese as Pu-k'uei, the capital of the province. en https://archive.org/details/manchurialandofo00newyuoft/mode/2up 1922 Manchuria: Land of Opportunities South Manchuria Railway Thomas F. Logan New York 12 https://archive.org/details/manchurialandofo00newyuoft/page/12/mode/1up Waterways: the Amur River is navigable for 450 miles for steamers and 1,500 miles for smaller craft; the Sungari is navigable to Kirin, the Nonni to Tsitsihar, the Liao to Tungkiangtze, and the Yalu for its entire course. en 1945 John B. Powell Russia, China, and Japan My Twenty-five Years in China https://archive.org/details/mytwentyfiveyear0000john/mode/1up New York w:The MacMillan Company 469980937 199 https://archive.org/details/mytwentyfiveyear0000john/page/199/mode/1up The Chinese general in question was a picturesque figure named Ma Chanshan. General Ma had first held up and defeated the vanguard of the Japanese invaders at the Nonni River, on the southern border of the Russian sphere in North Manchuria. References en Places in China Icelandic Pronunciation is ɔnːɪ 2 Proper noun @@ A pet form of the male given name Jón. Declension m Related terms is Jonni