Meanings
- A county of Yongzhou, Hunan, China.
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The attack occurred early Wednesday morning at Baijiaping Township Wanquan Elementary School in Ningyuan County, Hunan Province. A brief statement issued by Ningyuan County on its official WeChat social media account said that the two injured students had been taken to a hospital. Reached by telephone, an official surnamed Feng at the public security bureau of Ningyuan County said the injured students were in stable condition but declined to offer more details.
2019 April 3, Amy Qin, “Knife Attack at Chinese Elementary School Leaves Two Children Dead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2019, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Mandarin寧遠 /宁远
- EnglishNingyuan
From Mandarin 寧遠 /宁远 (Níngyuǎn).
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Chinese Cantonese 寧遠 /宁远
- 寧遠 /宁远 (ning⁴ jyun⁵)county
Chinese Mandarin 寧遠 /宁远
- 寧遠 /宁远 (Níngyuǎn)county
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Ningyuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ningyuan
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