理縣
Chinese
to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure | a district; county | ||
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trad. (理縣) | 理 | 縣 | |
simp. (理县) | 理 | 县 |
Etymology
Renamed from 理番縣 (Lǐfān Xiàn) in 1946 as 理番 (literally “to manage the barbarians”) was deemed pejorative towards ethnic minorities.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
理縣
- Li County, Lixian (a county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China)