Jining
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Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 濟寧 / 济宁 (Jǐníng).
Proper noun
Jining
- A prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong, China.
- 1980, Hugh Thomas, transl., Comrade Editor: Letters to the People's Daily, Hongkong: Joint Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 195:
- To top it off, the central branch in Jining loudly endorsed the experience of Teng County by declaring, at the region’s meeting of county bank managers and agricultural credit co-operative directors, “learn from Teng County; continue to mine the potential; go all out in savings accounts. Don’t be put off by this kind or that kind of interference!”
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city in southwestern Shandong province
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 集寧 / 集宁 (Jíníng).
Proper noun
Jining
- A district of Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China; former county-level city in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China.
- 2019 August 27, “First Chinese bishop consecrated with pope’s OK after deal”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 March 2023:
- Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed Tuesday that Monsignor Antonio Yao Shun had received a papal mandate. He was therefore legitimately consecrated bishop of Jining, in Inner Mongolia, at a ceremony Monday.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jining”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1450, column 3