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Yima

Syllables: Yi·ma

Yima proper noun: a county-level city of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.

Proper noun

Yima

  1. A county-level city of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
    • On the mainland, Yima city, a coal-mining center in central China’s Henan Province, had the highest sex ratio of 153.18 among China’s cities, while Tumeng^([sic – meaning Tumen]) city in Jilin Province had the lowest sex ratio of 99.15.1988, “Sex and Age Composition of China's Population”, in New China's Population, Macmillan Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 112, column 2
    • Henan Yima Group Ltd. was constructing a 400,000-t/yr alumina refinery in Yima, Henan Province, and planned to start production early 2010 (CRU Alumina Monitor, 2009j).2009, Minerals Yearbook Metals and Minerals 2009, volume I, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10.3, column 1

Examples of Yima in a sentence

  • The Friday evening explosion in Yima city in Henan province shattered windows 1.9 miles away and knocked off doors inside buildings, Chinese state media reports said.2019 July 19, “At least 10 killed in explosion at gas factory in central China”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2019:
  • The explosion on Friday evening, in the city of Yima in Henan Province, sent a ball of fire and thick plumes of smoke into the air, according to local state media.2019 July 20, Jane Perlez, “Gas Plant Explosion in Central China Kills at Least 10”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Origin of Yima

From Mandarin 義馬 /义马 (Yìmǎ).

Questions about Yima

What does Yima mean?
Yima means a county-level city of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
How do you use Yima in a sentence?
The Friday evening explosion in Yima city in Henan province shattered windows 1.9 miles away and knocked off doors inside buildings, Chinese state media reports said.
What part of speech is Yima?
Yima is a proper noun.

Words near Yima in the dictionary

  1. Yilmaz
  2. yilt
  3. yilts
  4. Yim
  5. Yim-Ebbin syndrome
  6. Yima
  7. yimakh shemo
  8. yimby
  9. YIMBYism
  10. yimbys
  11. Yimchunger

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