xià

name
place
historical

Meaning of 西夏

西夏 means Western Xia; a regime established by the Tangut people in 1038 AD, located in present-day Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, northwestern Gansu, northeastern Qinghai, and western Inner Mongolia; conquered by the Mongols in 1227 AD. Pronounced xī xià.

  • Western Xia; a regime established by the Tangut people in 1038 AD, located in present-day Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, northwestern Gansu, northeastern Qinghai, and western Inner Mongolia; conquered by the Mongols in 1227 AD

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西
xià
shì
yóu
dǎng
xiàng
jiàn
de
zhèng
quán
 

Western Xia was a regime established by the Tangut people.

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nián2
2
xià7
bèi
 
méng西
jūn
duì
suǒ
miè
 
 
 
 

In 1227, Western Xia was destroyed by the Mongol army.

Níng
xià
de
西
xià
wáng
líng
shì
zhù
míng
de
shǐ
 

The Western Xia imperial tombs in Ningxia are famous historical sites.

Xué
zhě
men
zhèng
zài
jiě
西
xià
wén
 

Scholars are working hard to decipher the Western Xia script.

Zhè
shì
西
xià
shí
de
zhēn
guì
wén
 

This porcelain is a precious cultural relic from the Western Xia period.

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