Ningxia
[ ning-shyah ]
/ ˈnɪŋˈʃyɑ /
noun Pinyin.
a former province in NW China, now part of Inner Mongolia.
Also
Wade-Giles,
Ning·hsia;
Older Spelling,
Ning·sia.
British Dictionary definitions for ningsia
Ningsia
Ninghsia
/ (ˈnɪŋˈʃjɑː) /
noun
a former province of NW China: mostly included in Inner Mongolia in 1956, with the smaller part constituted as the Ningxia Hui AR in 1958
the former name of Yinchuan