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Ningshan

Syllables: Ning·shan

Ningshan proper noun: a county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.

Proper noun

Ningshan

  1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
    • Sian, Shensi provincial service 13. 00 GMT 11.2.71
      [...]The poor and lower-middle peasants and masses in Ningshan County overcame "calamities" [no details given] and scored bumper agricultural harvests last year.1971, Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, British Broadcasting Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11
    • Those on the northerly route reached Ning-shan on February 16th, were joined there by a surviving group of Shih Ta-k’ai’s expeditionary soldiers under Cheng Chung-ho, and on March 26th converged at Nei-hsiang as planned with Ma Jung-ho’s army from the southerly route.1973, Jen Yu-wen, “Second Northern Expedition (1861-1868)”, in The Taiping Revolutionary Movement, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 473

Forms of Ningshan

alternative formNing-shan
alternative formNingshaan

Origin of Ningshan

From Mandarin 寧陝 /宁陕.

Words that rhyme with Ningshan

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Questions about Ningshan

What does Ningshan mean?
Ningshan means a county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
What part of speech is Ningshan?
Ningshan is a proper noun.

Words near Ningshan in the dictionary

  1. Ningombam
  2. Ningpo
  3. Ningqiang
  4. Nings
  5. Ningshaan
  6. Ningshan
  7. Ningsia
  8. Ningteh
  9. Ningthempisak
  10. Ningthempishak
  11. Ningthi

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