ningxia
/nɪŋˈʃjɑː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.
Example Sentences
- "In 1955, the trans-Mongolian railroad was inaugurated and in 1958 the Baotou line was extended to Lanzhou in Gansu, passing through Ningxia."
- "FROM Baotou, China’s interior trunk line goes west and then south to one of China’s main concentrations of Muslims, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. My train left Baotou at 9:16 A.M., and the 317-mile trip took slightly over 10 hours; we arrived at 7:30 P.M., just 19 minutes late, at Ningxia's capital, Yinchuan."
- "Local sources said a sit-in protest by hundreds of ethnic Hui Muslims took place on Friday to defend the huge new mosque, which was built last year in the northern region of Ningxia."
- "China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported a new case of African swine fever on a farm in the northwestern region of Ningxia on Tuesday."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 寧夏