English
Ningxia
Ningxia comes from Mandarin 寧夏.
- Mandarinmodern寧夏Níngxià
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Ningxia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern寧夏Níngxià
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Ningxia
Earliest quotation: 1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Land and Population: “In 1955, the trans-Mongolian railroad was inaugurated and in…”
Every English word from Mandarin 寧夏
Today it means
name A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 寧夏 / Ningxia