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Jingyuan

Syllables: Jing·yuan/d͡ʒɪŋˈwɑn/

Jingyuan proper noun: a county of Guyuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.

Proper noun (1)

Jingyuan

  1. A county of Guyuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
    • The sex ratio in the 35-39 and older age groups among the Mongolian people in Inner Mongolia was over 110, while that of the 65 plus age group was as high as 138. In other places, such as the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Xinjiang and the Jingyuan County in Ningxia, the sex ratio of the old...1988, “Population of Minority Nationalities”, in New China's Population, Macmillan Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 205, column 1
    • Yongning county is only 12.9 percent Hui, a relatively small minority in contrast to neighboring Lingwu county in the southeast, which is 47 percent Hui, and southern Jingyuan county, which is 97 percent Hui (the highest concentration of Hui in one county in China, see Map 2).1991, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 119

Proper noun (2)

Jingyuan

  1. A county of Baiyin, Gansu, China.
    • North-west of Lanzhou, it attains a maximum thickness of 334 m, while in Jingyuan County, Gansu Province, a thickness of 505 m has been reported (Huang et al., 2000).2013, Andrew S. Goudie, “Aeolian Geomorphology”, in Arid and Semi-arid Geomorphology, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 133

Origin of Jingyuan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 涇源／泾源 (Jīngyuán).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 靖遠／靖远 (Jìngyuǎn).

Questions about Jingyuan

What does Jingyuan mean?
Jingyuan means a county of Guyuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Jingyuan?
Jingyuan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jingyuan?
Jingyuan is pronounced /d͡ʒɪŋˈwɑn/.

Words near Jingyuan in the dictionary

  1. Jingulu
  2. jingxi
  3. Jingxin
  4. Jingyang
  5. Jingyu
  6. Jingyuan
  7. Jingzhao
  8. jingzhaotoxin
  9. jingzhaotoxins
  10. Jingzhe
  11. Jingzhou

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