Linxia
See also: Línxià
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨夏/临夏 (Línxià).
Proper noun
Linxia
- A Hui autonomous prefecture in Gansu, China
- 2006 February 19, Jim Yardley, “China's Muslims, pragmatically, avoid cartoon protests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 September 2023, Asia Pacific:
- Linxia, once known as Hezhou, has been a center of Islam for centuries and now enjoys a climate of religious tolerance.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Linxia”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1747, column 3
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