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Ningxia

Syllables: Ning·xia/nɪŋˈʃjɑː/

Ningxia proper noun: a Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.

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
    • FROM Baotou, China’s interior trunk line goes west and then south to one of China’s main concentrations of Muslims, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. My train left Baotou at 9:16 A.M., and the 317-mile trip took slightly over 10 hours; we arrived at 7:30 P.M., just 19 minutes late, at Ningxia's...1993, A. Doak Barnett, “Han and Hui: Ningxia”, in China's Far West: Four Decades of Change, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 95
    Synonyms:
    NHAR

Ningxia meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese

Ningxia in Hindi

Hui autonomous region of China
निंगशिया niṅgśiyā

Ningxia in Arabic

Hui autonomous region of China
نِينْغْشْيَا ninḡšyā

Ningxia in Indonesian

Hui autonomous region of China
Ningxia

Ningxia in Vietnamese

Hui autonomous region of China
Ninh Hạ

Examples of Ningxia in a sentence

  • FROM Baotou, China’s interior trunk line goes west and then south to one of China’s main concentrations of Muslims, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.1993, A. Doak Barnett, “Han and Hui: Ningxia”, in China's Far West: Four Decades of Change, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 95:
  • Local sources said a sit-in protest by hundreds of ethnic Hui Muslims took place on Friday to defend the huge new mosque, which was built last year in the northern region of Ningxia.2018 August 10, “Chinese Hui Muslims protest mosque demolition in Weizhou”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2018...
  • China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported a new case of African swine fever on a farm in the northwestern region of Ningxia on Tuesday.2019 September 10, Dominique Patton, “China reports new African swine fever case in Ningxia”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters, archived...

Synonyms of Ningxia

Forms of Ningxia

alternative formNing-hsia
alternative formNinghsia
alternative formNingsia

Origin of Ningxia

c. mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧夏 /宁夏 (Níngxià).

Words that rhyme with Ningxia

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Questions about Ningxia

What does Ningxia mean?
Ningxia means a Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.
What is Ningxia in Hindi?
Ningxia in Hindi is निंगशिया (niṅgśiyā). See Ningxia meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Ningxia in a sentence?
FROM Baotou, China’s interior trunk line goes west and then south to one of China’s main concentrations of Muslims, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
What part of speech is Ningxia?
Ningxia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ningxia?
Ningxia is pronounced /nɪŋˈʃjɑː/.

Words near Ningxia in the dictionary

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

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