Xinye

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新野 (Xīnyě).

Proper noun

Xinye

1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
   • [1970, “From the History of the Former Han Dynasty (Han Shu) by Pan Ku”, in William H. McNeill, Jean W. Sedlar, editors, Classical China‎^[1], Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 159:

     In the first year of [the period] Yung-shih,⁶ he enfeoffed [Wang] Mang as Marquis of Hsin-tu with an estate of fifteen hundred households in the Tu District of Hsin-yeh [County] in Nan-yang [Commandery].⁷]

   • 2015 January 30, Yang Xin, “Macaque Circus Trainers Cleared of Wildlife Transport Charges”, in Beijing Today, number 712, →ISSN, →OCLC, News, page 3, column 1:

     Four macaque circus trainers charged with illegally transporting rare wildlife were acquitted on January 20 when an appellate court overturned guilty verdict in Xinye County, Henan province.

   • 2016 February 8, Jason Lee, “Performance Monkeys in the Year of the Monkey”, in The New York Times, Reuters‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-09‎^[3]:

     Performance monkeys on break near their trainer during a daily training session last week at a monkey farm in Xinye County in China’s central Henan Province. In an area known for producing the animals and their trainers, the grizzled masters hope the Year of the Monkey brings new respect for their centuries-old tradition.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新野 (zh) (Xīnyě)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xinye”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3504, column 2