Submitted Place Name Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
9/9/2021, 1:00 PM	HL
11/7/2020, 3:35 PM	HL
9/28/2020, 5:52 PM	HL

Name Ningxia

Type Political Subdivision

Usage Chinese

Scripts 宁夏(Chinese) 寧夏(Traditional Chinese)

Pronounced Pron. /niŋ.ɕjä/

Edit Status Status 3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

From Chinese 宁 (níng) meaning "peaceful, calm, serene" and 夏 (xià) referring to the Western Xia, an empire that existed from 1038 to 1227. This is the name of an autonomous region in China.

Added 9/28/2020 by HL