宁夏

Traditional form:

寧夏

Pinyin (reading):

Níngxià

Definitions:

• Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧／宁 ( Níng), capital Yinchuan 銀川／银川 ( Yínchuān)

Characters:

• 宁 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty

Traditional characters:

• 寧 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty