沧源佤族自治县

Traditional form:

滄源佤族自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Cāngyuán Wǎzú Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in Lincang 臨滄／临沧 ( Líncāng), Yunnan

Characters:

• 沧 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname
• 佤 - The Va people (an ethnic group in Myanmar and southwest China)
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 县 - county, district, subdivision

Traditional characters:

• 滄 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname
• 佤 - The Va people (an ethnic group in Myanmar and southwest China)
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 縣 - county, district, subdivision