Linxia

See also: Línxià

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨夏 / 临夏 (Línxià).

Proper noun

Linxia

1. A Hui autonomous prefecture in Gansu, China.
   • [1977 December 21 [1977 December 16], “Kansu Prefecture Criticizes Gang”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 245, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Lanchow Kansu Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page M 1:

     The Education Bureau of Linhsia Hui Autonomous Prefecture recently held a forum of some 100 primary and middle school teachers in the prefecture to expose and criticize the theoretical absurdity of the "two assessments" dished up by the gang of four.]

   • 2006 February 19, Jim Yardley, “China's Muslims, pragmatically, avoid cartoon protests”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 September 2023, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Linxia, once known as Hezhou, has been a center of Islam for centuries and now enjoys a climate of religious tolerance.

Translations

Hui autonomous prefecture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨夏 / 临夏 (zh) (Línxià)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Linxia”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1747, column 3