Meanings
Jingyuan1
- A county of Guyuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
Yongning county is only 12.9 percent Hui, a relatively small minority in contrast to neighboring Lingwu county in the southeast, which is 47 percent Hui, and southern Jingyuan county, which is 97 percent Hui (the highest concentration of Hui in one county in China, see Map 2).
1991, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1192 more examples
The sex ratio in the 35-39 and older age groups among the Mongolian people in Inner Mongolia was over 110, while that of the 65 plus age group was as high as 138. In other places, such as the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Xinjiang and the Jingyuan County in Ningxia, the sex ratio of the old people was also high.
1988, “Population of Minority Nationalities”, in New China's Population, Macmillan Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 205, column 1A resident of Lizhuang village, Liupanshan town, Jingyuan county, Ningxia Hui autonomous region named Liu Fangying sews handbags at a factory that was established for poverty alleviation purposes in Shizi village known as Quanxiang on March 18, 2020. She commutes to work because she does not live nearby and usually packs a lunch to save time.
2020 March 24, Jingyan Teng, “Poverty alleviation factories resume operations in Ningxia”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2021
Jingyuan2
- A county of Baiyin, Gansu, China.
North-west of Lanzhou, it attains a maximum thickness of 334 m, while in Jingyuan County, Gansu Province, a thickness of 505 m has been reported (Huang et al., 2000).
2013, Andrew S. Goudie, “Aeolian Geomorphology”, in Arid and Semi-arid Geomorphology, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 133
Origin
Jingyuan · proper noun
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 涇源／泾源 (Jīngyuán).
Full word history & related roots →Jingyuan · proper noun
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 靖遠／靖远 (Jìngyuǎn).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 涇源 /泾源, 靖遠 /靖远
- 涇源 /泾源county
- 靖遠 /靖远county
Chinese Mandarin 涇源 /泾源, 靖遠 /靖远
- 涇源 /泾源 (Jīngyuán)county
- 靖遠 /靖远 (Jìngyuǎn)county
Cite this entry
Jingyuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jingyuan
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