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Dingxi

Syllables: Ding·xi

Dingxi proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.

Proper noun

Dingxi

  1. A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
    • In 1973 the esteemed and beloved Premier Chou assigned a mumber of leading comrades of departments concerned under the State Council to investigate the drought situation and help solve difficulties in Tinghsi Prefecture.[1978 November 7 [1978 November 1], “Why Can't the Hsianghsiang Experience Be Implemented in the Chinghui Irrigtion Area?”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 216, Foreign...
    • On 3 May Hsü Ta’s army made contact with Kökö Temür’s forces near Tinghsi in Kansu.[1982, Edward L. Dreyer, “Hung-wu: The Period of Consolidation, 1368–1380”, in Early Ming China: A Political History, 1355–1435, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page...

Forms of Dingxi

alternative formTing-hsi

Origin of Dingxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定西 (Dìngxī).

Questions about Dingxi

What does Dingxi mean?
Dingxi means a prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
What part of speech is Dingxi?
Dingxi is a proper noun.

Words near Dingxi in the dictionary

  1. dinguses
  2. dingwad
  3. dingwads
  4. Dingwall
  5. Dingwalls
  6. Dingxi
  7. Dingxian
  8. Dingxiang
  9. dingy
  10. dingy dart
  11. dingy darts

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