"Hsien-ning" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 咸寧／咸甯／咸宁 (Xiánníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-ning².",
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          "text": "According to them, the battle of Tʻing-ssu-chʻiao²⁹ had been concluded last night and fighting was now probably breaking out in the region of Hsien-ning 咸甯.",
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          "ref": "1962, T'ung-tsu Ch'ü, Local Government in China under the Ch'ing, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 299:",
          "text": "Tea certificates were issued by the magistrates of the following localities: Ch'ien-shan and sixteen other hsien in Anhui; Shan-hua and sixteen other hsien in Hunan. In Hupeh, certificates were issued by the magistrate of Chien-shih to tea merchants. In Hsien-ning and six other chou and hsien, tea planters also received certificates to sell tea (Hu-pu tse-li, 32:4-5).",
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          "text": "Wu P'ei-fu was personally supervising this important battle. He and his generals were directing operations from Hsien-ning, only a few miles north of the battlefield.",
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          "text": "My third sister was sent to Hsien-ning in Hupei. She was busy carrying manure and planting crops.",
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