Meanings
kinning1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of kin
Kinning2
- alternativeAlternative form of Jinning (Taiwan)
The whole Kinmen island complex was divided into 7 operation areas, namely, Tatan, Erhtan, Small Kinmen, and Kinchen-Kinshan, Kinning, Kinhu and Kinsa on Kinmen.
1966, 中華醫學雜誌, volume 13, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1585 more examples
Rural legal consultation services are provided to Wulai by Taipei Branch, to Sanmin Township in Kaohsiung County by Kaohsiung Branch, to Dongyin by Matsu Branch, to Kinning by Kinmen Branch, and to Cimei by Penghu Branch.
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2008 July, “法扶會周年報告書-英文全 [Legal Aid Foundation Annual Report 2007]”, in 法律扶助基金會 [Legal Aid Foundation], archived from the original on 06 Apr 2017, page 73The highest infection rate was also observed at the district of Kinning township (33.3%). Thus, our results not only reveal the prevalence of Babesia infection among rodents in the Kinmen island but also primarily identify the persistence of B. microti in the natural hosts of Taiwan.
2008 December, C.M. Shih, W.C. Yu, L.L. Chao, “Molecular Diagnosis of Babesia Infection Among Rodents Collected from the Offshore Kinmen Island of Taiwan”, in International Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLCThe suspect, surnamed Chen (陳), was wanted in connection to a robbery and kidnapping involving Kincheng Township (金城) representative council head Chen Tien-cheng (陳天成), police said. The suspect was found in Kinning Township (金寧) but refused to open the door when [police] arrived. Officers said they heard a gunshot from inside the residence.
2017 August 20, “Taiwan News Quick Take”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2017, Taiwan News, page 3Four concerts are each to begin at 7pm at Houhu Seashore Park in the county’s Kinning Township (金寧), the Kinmen Recreation and Tourism Department said in a statement on Friday last week.
2018 July 19, “Quemoy music festival to begin on Wednesday”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2018The collection sites in four townships of Kinmen Island include Kinhu (24°41' N, 118°43' E; 24°43' N, 118°46' E), Kinsha (24°52' N, 118°41' E; 24°50' N, 118°44' E), Kinning (24°45' N, 118°37' E) and Kincheng (24°40' N, 118°31' E) (Figure 1).
2021, Chien-Ming Shih, Pei-Wen Yang, Li-Lian Chao, “Molecular Detection and Genetic Identification of Rickettsia Infection in Ixodes granulatus Ticks, an Incriminated Vector for Geographical Transmission in Taiwan”, in Microorganisms, volume 9, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 2, 12
Origin
- Mandarin金寧 /金宁
- EnglishKinning
From the Nanking court dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金寧 /金宁 (Jīnníng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.
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