Pingluo

Ping·luo
P3I1N1G2L1U1O1

proper noun

A county of Shizuishan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Pinglo

  1. A county of Shizuishan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.

    Mining. Ningxia has reserves of coal in the Pingluo area near the eastern border.

    1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, Encyclopedia of China Today, Eurasia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39
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    In a personal interview with Prof. Chen Zhongxiang from Ningxia University in September 1999 I was told that 85 per cent of the budget of Longde county come from taxes of its suspended village Chahu in Pingluo county.

    2004, Peter Ho, Rural Development in Transitional China: The New Agriculture, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 189

    Shahu Lake is at Pingluo County, 47 kilometers from Yinchuan. The southern part of Shahu Lake is covered with sand and the northern part is water.

    2006 August 11, “Ningxia — a cool journey to ancient ruins”, in Beijing Today, number 271, →ISSN, →OCLC, Travel China, page 20, column 3

    Aerial photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows combine harvesters working at wheat fields in Xiaodianzi Village of Pingluo County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. As wheat harvest season comes, local agricultural sector in Pingluo County conducted series of trainings for villagers to ensure harvest with high quality and efficiency.

    2022 July 7, “Local agricultural sector conducts trainings for villagers to ensure harvest efficiency in NW China”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin平羅 /平罗
  2. EnglishPingluo

From Mandarin 平羅 /平罗 (Píngluó).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 平羅 /平罗
  • 平羅 /平罗 (ping⁴ lo⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 平羅 /平罗
  • 平羅 /平罗 (Píngluó)county
Japanese 平羅
  • 平羅 (Heira)county
Cite this entry
APA

Pingluo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pingluo

MLA

“Pingluo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pingluo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pingluo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pingluo.

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