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Ningsia

Ningsia is the obsolete spelling 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 Ningsia

From Mandarin 寧夏／宁夏 (Níngxià).

Questions about Ningsia

What is Ningsia the obsolete spelling of?
Ningsia is the obsolete spelling of Ningxia.

Words near Ningsia in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ningsia (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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