Xixia
English
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 西峽／西峡 (Xīxiá).
Proper noun
Xixia
- A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
- 1990, Potter, Michael J., Kyanite and Related Minerals, United States Bureau of Mines, OCLC 27179296, page 3:
- 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.
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Translations
county
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Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 西夏 (Xīxià).
Alternative forms
- Xi Xia, Hsi Hsia, Si-hia
Proper noun
Xixia
- A district of Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
- 2006 July 10, “164 people poisoned by chlorine in NW China”, in China Daily, archived from the original on 06 January 2020:
- One hundred and sixty-four people poisoned by chlorine had been sent to hospital by 8 a.m. Monday in Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, where liquefied chlorine gas leaked out from a chemical company on Sunday evening.
Yao Chengli, president of the Yinchuan No.1 People's Hospital, received a phone call at 9 p.m. Sunday, in which the caller suspected that the pungent smell in the air of the Xixia district of Yinchuan could be chlorine.
- 2014, “The Yellow River”, in Rough Guide to China (Rough Guides), 7th edition, →ISBN, OCLC 884312118, pages 225-226:
- 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 2hr to reach the tombs. Finally, you could waiting time. Alternatively, green and red buses (no number, though with Xixia written on the front) run from a stop just east of Nanmen Square; these cost just ¥2, though to reach the tombs. Finally, you could split the difference and take a bus to Xixia district (1hr; ¥1), from which it’s a far cheaper taxi-ride to the ruins (¥25 each way).
- 2022 February 15, Zuo, Mandy, “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 February 2022:
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xixia.
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- Synonym of Western Xia
Translations
district
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Western Xia — see Western Xia