Ning-hsia

A form of Ningxia — A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Ningxia.

    As they undressed and lay down, she asked about his leg, which had hurt for two days while he was crossing the Indian Ocean but not since. He asked about the treasure; she recounted the trip to Ning-hsia Province.

    2014, Sherry Thomas, My Beautiful Enemy (Romance), Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 271
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    Bounded to the north and west by mountains and river, to the east by river alone, and to the south by high bluffs that mark the beginning of the loess country, it is a compact and easily defended territory hospitable only to nomads. Today these lands are divided between the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region and the Ning-hsia Hui Autonomous Region. Under the Republic the Ho-t’ao and Pao-t’ou plains were included in Sui-yuan province, and the Ning-hsia area in Ning-hsia province.

    1990, Arthur Waldron, “The second debate over the Ordos”, in The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 125

Origin

  1. Mandarin寧夏
  2. EnglishNing-hsia

From Mandarin 寧夏 (Níngxià), Wade–Giles romanization: Ning²-hsia⁴.

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