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Ning-hsia

Ning-hsia is the alternative form of Ningxia.

Meaning of Ningxia

Proper noun

Ningxia

  1. A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.
    • In 1955, the trans-Mongolian railroad was inaugurated and in 1958 the Baotou line was extended to Lanzhou in Gansu, passing through Ningxia.1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, “Land and Population”, in Encyclopedia of China Today, Eurasia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38, column 2
    Synonyms:
    NHAR

Origin of Ning-hsia

From Mandarin 寧夏 (Níngxià), Wade–Giles romanization: Ning²-hsia⁴.

Questions about Ning-hsia

What is Ning-hsia the alternative form of?
Ning-hsia is the alternative form of Ningxia.

Words near Ning-hsia in the dictionary

  1. Ninewells
  2. Ning
  3. ning nong
  4. ning nongs
  5. Ning'an
  6. Ning-hsia
  7. ning-nong
  8. ning-nongs
  9. Ning-Po
  10. Ning-te
  11. Ning-wu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ning-hsia (page history and authors); Ningxia (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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