Yin-ch'uan

See also: Yinchuan and Yínchuān

English

Map including YIN-CH'UAN (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 銀川／银川 (Yínchuān), Wade–Giles romanization: Yin²-chʻuan¹.

Pronunciation

• enPR: yǐnʹchwänʹ

Proper noun

Yin-ch'uan

1. Alternative form of Yinchuan
   • 1963 November 18, Scientific Information Report Chinese Science‎^[2], number 37, Washington, D.C.: Foreign Documents Division, CIA, page 136:

     The Chinese Academy of Sciences held a confetence on sand control recently at Yin-ch'uan for the purpose of examining the results of 8 years of research in sand control on the T'eng-ko'li Desert.

   • 1967, Nai-Ruenn Chen, Chinese Economic Statistics: A Handbook for Mainland China‎^[3], Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 131:

     Yin-ch'uan is now in Ningsia Hui Autonomous Region, which was established in October 1958.

   • 1977, K. P. Wang, Mineral Resources and Basic Industries in the People's Republic of China‎^[4], Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 189:

     At Yin-ch'uan, Ninghsia Province, local phosphate ore and anthracite were being used to make phosphorus.

   • 1996, Jacques Gernet, translated by J. R. Foster and Charles Hartman, A History of Chinese Civilization‎^[5], 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 250:

     A horse market was set up in 727 on the upper reaches of the Yellow River at Yin-chʻuan, whither the Turks came to sell their beasts in exchange for silks and metals.

Translations

Yinchuan — see Yinchuan

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yinchwan or Yin-ch'uan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2124, column 1
• “Yin-ch'uan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Yin-ch'uan, Yin-chuan at Google Ngram Viewer
• “Yin-ch'uan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.