Ningwu

See also: Níngwǔ

English

Alternative forms

• Ning-wu (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧武／宁武 (Níngwǔ), a clipping of 寧武關／宁武关 (Níngwǔguān, “Pacified Military Pass”).

Proper noun

Ningwu

1. A mountain pass and important gate in the Great Wall in Shanxi, China.
2. A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
   • 1970, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts‎^[1], →OCLC, page B 11:

     The last item, also a news report , deals with the rural medical cooperation system of a production brigade in Ningwu County, Shansi Province, which has been developed through PLA assistance.

   • 1985, Frank Leeming, “The Chinese forests”, in Rural China Today‎^[2], Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 138, column 2:

     A classic problem case is reported from Ningwu county in northern Shanxi (People's Daily, 23 Mar. 1980). In this area, a rural household uses 30 jin of firewood daily, of which one-half may be sound mature timber.

   • 2007 January 21, “China coal mine blast kills 13 in Shanxi”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 05 May 2022, Latest Crisis:

     The explosion took place on Friday at Niuxinhui Coal Mine in Ningwu county of Shanxi province, when 30 miners were working underground, Xinhua said, citing Tan Shengwang, head of the county's work safety administration.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ningwu.

Synonyms

• (pass): Ningwuguan

Translations

pass

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寧武關／宁武关 (Níngwǔguān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寧武／宁武 (zh) (Níngwǔ)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Ningwu, Ning-wu at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Ningwu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2190, column 1