Nanda is Nanjing University.

The abbreviation of the university is also based on a document. This document is the university charter. Although the abbreviation of Nanjing University is "Nanjing University" in the "Nanjing University Charter", it is also recognized by the Ministry of Education.

Although the "Nanjing University Charter" was approved first, and Nanjing University has already registered the "Nanjing University" trademark. But there is another university that also has the abbreviation "Nanda" written into its charter, and that is Nanchang University.

According to the "Articles of Association of Nanchang University", the abbreviation of Nanchang University is also "Nanda". In other words, in the eyes of the people where the university is located, "Nantang University" may be Nankai University, Nanhua University, and Nantong University. However, the official abbreviations of these universities are not "Nantang University" and are really officially determined as "Nantang University". They are Nanjing University and Nanchang University.

Looking at Nantong University, according to the "Nantong University Charter", the abbreviation of Nantong University is "Tongda", which is not "Nantong University". In the "Articles of the University of South China", the abbreviation of the University of South China is "Nanhua".

Why colleges and universities attach so much importance to abbreviations:

First, according to statistics from quantitative linguistics, the frequency of use of Chinese words depends to a large extent on the length of the word. The longer the word, the longer the word. The lower the frequency of use. That is to say, if a university has a short and loud abbreviation, it will have an unexpected effect in increasing the reputation of the school and making people mention it more smoothly.

Second, in people’s daily communication, abbreviations are often used in sentences, which are often more consistent with the rhythm and rhythm of speech. For example, "troops stationed in Beijing" and "personnel coming to Shanghai" are better than "troops stationed in Beijing" and "people coming to Shanghai". "City Personnel" is more in line with the reading breathing habits of the "2+2" rhythm, so it is easier to be selected by the speaker.

Third, using the abbreviation as the topic of discussion makes it easier for the listener to remember the object of discussion. For example, "The University of Science and Technology of China has developed rapidly in the past few years" than "The University of Science and Technology of China has developed rapidly in the past few years." "The effect is better.

The abbreviation of universities falls into the category of abbreviations in linguistics. It is generally believed that people like to use abbreviations because speakers always want to express their meaning in the shortest possible words (inert psychology under the principle of language economy).

Another reason is that the human brain’s information processing capacity is limited. A sentence that is too long will cause the listener to remember the latter part and forget the previous part. Therefore, compressing some parts of the sentence can make it more accurate. It is conducive to sentence understanding, and there is also the expressive advantage of the university abbreviation mentioned earlier.