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Yinchuan

Syllables: Yin·chuan

Yinchuan proper noun: the capital city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

Proper noun

Yinchuan

  1. The capital city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
    • Peiping radio claimed tonight that Communists occupied Yinchuan, capital of Ninghsia Province in Central China two days ago.1949 September 26 [1949 September 25], “NATIONALISTS REVOLT”, in The Bombay Chronicle, volume XXXVII, number 228, Bombay, →OCLC, Stop Press, page 5, column 1
    • All the bigger towns in this vast area are to have new power stations. Yinchuan and Bayenhot in Ningsia province, Sining in Chinghai, Tienshui, Tunhchuan and Paochi in Shensi, and Tihua in Sinkiang have all been mentioned in Press reports.
    • At Yinchuan factories for machinery, woollen textiles and chemicals have been started, and two new textile mills are planned in the cotton-growing district of Kuanchung, in Shensi.1954 February [1954 January], “China's Industrial Growth”, in Economic Digest, volume VII, number 2, London: Economic Research Council, →OCLC, pages 87–88

Yinchuan meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Vietnamese

Yinchuan in Hindi

capital city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China
यिनचुआन yincuān

Yinchuan in Arabic

capital city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China
ينتشوان yinchwān, إينتشوان ʔinchwān

Yinchuan in Vietnamese

capital city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China
Ngân Xuyên

Examples of Yinchuan in a sentence

  • Yinchuan, capital of the Ningsia Hui Autonomous Region, lies in the centre of the Ningsia Plain.1964, 任育地 [Jen Yu-ti], 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 201:
  • Ai had become obsessed with a red scribble that appeared on a planning document for an art show next month in Yinchuan, a city in northwest China.2016 August 26, Javier A. Hernández, “Ai Weiwei Planned to Sculpt a ‘Redline.’ Chinese Censors Say He Crossed One.”, in The New York Times...

Forms of Yinchuan

alternative formYinchwan
alternative alsoYin-ch'uan
alternative alsoYin Chuan

Origin of Yinchuan

Likely c. 1940s, from Mandarin 銀川 /银川 (Yínchuān), Wade–Giles romanization: Yin²-chʻuan¹, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.

Questions about Yinchuan

What does Yinchuan mean?
Yinchuan means the capital city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.
What is Yinchuan in Hindi?
Yinchuan in Hindi is यिनचुआन (yincuān). See Yinchuan meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Yinchuan in a sentence?
Yinchuan, capital of the Ningsia Hui Autonomous Region, lies in the centre of the Ningsia Plain.
What part of speech is Yinchuan?
Yinchuan is a proper noun.

Words near Yinchuan in the dictionary

  1. Yin-ch'uan
  2. yin-yang
  3. yin-yang fish
  4. yin-yang fishes
  5. yin-yangs
  6. Yinchuan
  7. Yinchwan
  8. Yindjibarndi
  9. Yindu
  10. Yine
  11. ying

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