"Xining" meaning in All languages combined

See Xining on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈʃiːˈnɪŋ/
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西寧/西宁 (Xīníng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{der|en|cmn|西寧}} Mandarin 西寧/西宁 (Xīníng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Xining
  1. A city in northwestern China, capital of Qinghai Province. Wikipedia link: Xining Categories (place): Cities in China, Places in China Synonyms: Hsining, Hsi-ning (alt: Wade–Giles), Sining (english: Postal Romanization) Translations (a city of China): شِينِينْغ (šinīnḡ) [masculine] (Arabic), 西寧 (Chinese Cantonese), 西宁 (sai¹ ning⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 西寧 (Chinese Mandarin), 西宁 (Xīníng) (Chinese Mandarin), Hszining (Hungarian), 西寧 (Seinei) (alt: せいねい) (Japanese), 시닝 (Sining) (Korean), Сји́нинг (Sjíning) [masculine] (Macedonian), Сини́н (Sinín) [masculine] (Russian), ཟི་ལིང (zi ling) (Tibetan), Tây Ninh (Vietnamese), Sihningz (Zhuang)

Alternative forms

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