临夏

Traditional form:

臨夏

Pinyin (reading):

Línxià

Definitions:

• Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州／临夏回族自治州 ( Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu), Gansu
• also Linxia City and Linxia County

Characters:

• 临 - to draw near, to approach; to descend
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty

Traditional characters:

• 臨 - to draw near, to approach; to descend
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty