南都

なんと

Meanings

1. Noun Nara See also: 北都 (ほくと).
2. Kōfuku-ji (Buddhist temple in Nara) See also: 北嶺 (ほくれい).

Kanji

• 南 south. Read as ナン.
• 都 metropolis. Read as ト.

Words containing 南都

• 南都六宗 (なんとろくしゅう) six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
• 安南都護府 (アンナンとごふ) Protectorate General of Annam (Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE)
• 南都七大寺 (なんとしちだいじ) the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

Word lists

• Poetic

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