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I-ning

I-ning is the alternative form of Yining.

Meaning of Yining

Proper noun

Yining

  1. A county-level city of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • Meanwhile, in the northwest corner of Sinkiang, the green star-and-crescent flag of the "East Turkestan Republic" flies over the districts of Ili, Tacheng and Altai. The "Republic's" capital is Ining in Ili district just east of the Sino-Soviet border.[1948 August 26 [1948 August 18], Henry R. Liebermanby, “RUSSIA HOLDS ZONE ON CHINA'S BORDER; Turki Republic, Detached From Sinkiang, Is Closed Sphere of Soviet Influence”, in The New York Times...
  2. A county of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Origin of I-ning

From Mandarin 伊寧 /伊宁 (Yīníng), Wade–Giles romanization: I¹-ning².

Questions about I-ning

What is I-ning the alternative form of?
I-ning is the alternative form of Yining.

Words near I-ning in the dictionary

  1. I-language
  2. I-ling
  3. i-mutation
  4. I-ness
  5. I-nesses
  6. I-ning
  7. I-novel
  8. I-novels
  9. I-pin
  10. I-pop
  11. i-risk

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: I-ning (page history and authors); Yining (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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