Etymology

Ningxia

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Today it means: A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan. Full definition →

Mandarin 寧夏 /宁夏
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from寧夏 /宁夏
  2. English todayNingxia

c. mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧夏 /宁夏 (Níngxià).

First known use, by meaning

  • from late 20th c. A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.

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