Zhenning

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 鎮寧 / 镇宁 (Zhènníng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: jǔnʹnǐngʹ[2]
  • Hyphenation: Zhen‧ning

Proper noun

Zhenning

  1. A Buyei and Miao autonomous county in Anshun, Guizhou, China.
    • 2011, John A. Donaldson, “Tourism”, in Small Works: Poverty and Economic Development in Southwestern China‎[3], Ithaca; London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120:
      For instance, in 1992-2002, the nominal GDP of Jinghong (capital of Xishuangbanna, in Yunnan), Dali, and Lijiang quintupled. The GDP of Zhenning county in Guizhou, which contains Huangguoshu Waterfall, also grew, but at about half this rate.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 347:
    Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Chenning (Zhenning) Puyi-Miao Autonomous Hsien, […]
  2. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chenning”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 383, column 2
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