Lingnan

Lingnan (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: lǐng nán; Jyutping: ling5 naam4; lit. 'South of the [Nanling] Mountains'; Vietnamese: Lĩnh Nam) is a geographic area referring to the lands in the south of the Nanling Mountains. The region covers the modern Chinese subdivisions of Guangdong (Canton), Guangxi (Kwangsi), Hainan, Hong Kong & Macau and Northern Vietnam.