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Ningwu

Syllables: Ning·wu

Ningwu proper noun: a mountain pass and important gate in the Great Wall in Shanxi, China.

Proper noun

Ningwu

  1. A mountain pass and important gate in the Great Wall in Shanxi, China.
    Synonyms:
    Ningwuguan
  2. A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
    • The last item, also a news report , deals with the rural medical cooperation system of a production brigade in Ningwu County, Shansi Province, which has been developed through PLA assistance.1970, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, →OCLC, page B 11
    • A classic problem case is reported from Ningwu county in northern Shanxi (People's Daily, 23 Mar. 1980). In this area, a rural household uses 30 jin of firewood daily, of which one-half may be sound mature timber.1985, Frank Leeming, “The Chinese forests”, in Rural China Today, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 138, column 2

Synonyms of Ningwu

  • Ningwuguan

Forms of Ningwu

alternative formNing-wu

Origin of Ningwu

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧武 /宁武 (Níngwǔ), a clipping of 寧武關 /宁武关 (Níngwǔguān, “Pacified Military Pass”).

Questions about Ningwu

What does Ningwu mean?
Ningwu means a mountain pass and important gate in the Great Wall in Shanxi, China.
What part of speech is Ningwu?
Ningwu is a proper noun.

Words near Ningwu in the dictionary

  1. Ningthouja
  2. Ningthoujam
  3. Ningthoukhomba
  4. Ningthoukhongjam
  5. Ningwood
  6. Ningwu
  7. Ningxia
  8. Ningxiang
  9. Ningyang
  10. ningyoite
  11. Ningyuan

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