Mian

Mian

1. A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

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From Mandarin 勉 (Miǎn).

• enPR: myěn

Mian

1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
   • 1987, The Quest for Eternity: Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People's Republic of China‎, →ISBN, LCCN 86-27528, OCLC 246533214, OL 8090146M, page 116:

     In 1978 the Administrative Office for Cultural Relics of Mian County, Shaanxi, conducted excavations of four tombs found in the course of agricultural improvements.

   • 1992, Li, Kangmin, “Rice-Fish Farming Systems in China: Past, Present and Future”, in Rice-Fish Research and Development in Asia‎, →ISBN, ISSN 0115-4435, OCLC 28762517, page 18, column 1:

     The unearthed cultural relics of Mian County not only indicate that rice-fish culture in China dates further back in the historical record, but also fills an important gap in kind in the history of rice-fish culture in China. Mian County is located in the Hanzhong basin south of Qinlin mountain, near the border of Sichuan and Shanxi Provinces.

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• Amin, Iman, Main, Mani, Mina, NAMI, NIMA, Naim, amin, iman, main, mani, mina

Mian m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew
2. Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve disciples.