Etymology

Zhongwei

Zhong·wei
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of the Ningxia autonomous region, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 中衛 /中卫
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from中衛 /中卫
  2. English todayZhongwei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 中衛 /中卫 (Zhōngwèi).

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