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Xixia

Syllables: Xi·xia

Xixia proper noun: a county of Nanyang, Henan, China. Also the misspelling of Qixia.

Proper noun (1)

Xixia

  1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
    • A 3,000-ton-per-year andalusite plant began operation in Xixia County, Hunan Province. The andalusite source for the plant was a deposit with proven reserves of 7.8 million tons.1990, Michael J. Potter, Kyanite and Related Minerals, United States Bureau of Mines, →OCLC, page 3
    • In Xixia county, in central Henan province, schools cleaned out a total of 6,000 books that were “inappropriate or had a poor outer appearance,” and 22,700 that had no value, local media reported.2020 July 9, Huizhong Wu, “In echo of Mao era, China's schools in book-cleansing drive”, in Sara Ledwith, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2020, APAC

Proper noun (2)

Xixia

  1. A district of Yinchuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
    • By minibus and taxi Getting here from Yinchuan’s Xingqing district is either expensive or difficult. If you favour the expensive option, just grab a cab — drivers will start the bidding at ¥150 (or more) one-way, though you should be able to get them down to ¥200 return, including they take up to...2014, “The Yellow River”, in Rough Guide to China (Rough Guides), 7th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 225–226
    • Zhang called the police after the confrontation. In a statement issued on Sunday, the public security bureau of Yinchuan’s Xixia district said Gao and her family have agreed to talk through the disagreement.2022 February 15, Mandy Zuo, “Chinese woman dragged away by family in viral bride price dispute video asks the internet to calm down”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 15...
  2. Synonym of Western Xia.
    • […]eastern Kansu, northern Shensi and Ningsia. In 1038 Yuan Hao, leader of the Tanguts, declared himself emperor and called his country Hsia, known in Chinese history as Hsihsia. Hsingching (modern Yinchuan, Ningsia) was made the capital.[1965, Chi-ming Tung, A Short History of China: From Earliest Times to 1840, →OCLC, page 154
    • The tribe which prided itself most on its strength was the Hsi-hsia, which had its main garrison in Hsing-ch’ing. Besides the Hsi-hsia, there was a tribe of Turfans based in Liang-chou, a tribe of Uighurs with its base in Kan-chou, and a Chinese, or Han, tribe based in westernmost Sha-chou.[1978, Yasushi Inoue, chapter II, in Jean Oda Moy, transl., Tun-huang: A Novel, 1st edition, Kodansha International Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 20
    Synonyms:
    Western Xia

Also used as

Xixia is also the misspelling of Qixia.

Synonyms of Xixia

Forms of Xixia

alternative formXi Xia
alternative formHsi Hsia
alternative formSi-hia

Origin of Xixia

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西峽 /西峡 (Xīxiá).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西夏 (Xī Xià).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 棲霞 /栖霞 (Qīxiá) incorrectly as Xīxiá due to reading the simplified character as 西 (xī).

Questions about Xixia

What does Xixia mean?
Xixia means a county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
What part of speech is Xixia?
Xixia is a proper noun.

Words near Xixia in the dictionary

  1. Xiuwen
  2. Xiuwu
  3. Xiuying
  4. Xiuyu
  5. XIVth
  6. Xixia
  7. Xixiang
  8. Xixime
  9. Xiximes
  10. Xixiu
  11. Xiyang

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