Xuanwei

English

Alternative forms

• Suanwei

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 宣威 (Xuānwēi).

Proper noun

Xuanwei

1. A county-level city in Qujing, Yunnan, China.
   • 2010 January 11, Sindya N. Bhanoo, “Coal Is Linked to Cancer in China Province”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 14, 2010, Health‎^[2]:

     Nonsmoking women in an area of China’s Yunnan province die of lung cancer at a rate 20 times that of their counterparts in other regions of the country — and higher than anywhere else in the world. […]
     Like others in rural China, the families of Xuanwei County use coal for heat and for cooking. As the coal burns, particles of silica are released with the vapor and inhaled. Women, who do the cooking, face the greatest exposure.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宣威 (zh) (Xuānwēi)