Xintian

See also: xīntián

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 新田 (Xīntián).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: shǐnʹtyěnʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Xin‧tian

Proper noun

Xintian

  1. A county of Yongzhou, Hunan, China.
    • 1982 August 12, Christopher S. Wren, “CHINA'S BLACK SHEEP 'RE-EDUCATED' WITHOUT TRIAL”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section A, page 2‎[3]:
      In the southern province of Hunan, a recent report revealed that vandals had wrecked 10 of the 25 high schools in Xintian County.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Sintien or Hsin-t’ien”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1774, column 2
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