Ningsia
[ning-shyah] /ˈnɪŋˈʃyɑ/
noun, Pinyin.
1.
a former province in NW China, now part of Inner Mongolia.
/ˈnɪŋˈʃjɑː/
noun
1.
a former province of NW China: mostly included in Inner Mongolia in 1956, with the smaller part constituted as the Ningxia Hui AR in 1958
2.
the former name of Yinchuan
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