Definition of "Xixia"
Xixia1
proper noun
A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
Quotations
In Xixia county, in central Henan province, schools cleaned out a total of 6,000 books that were “inappropriate or had a poor outer appearance,” and 22,700 that had no value, local media reported.
2020 July 9, Huizhong Wu, “In echo of Mao era, China's schools in book-cleansing drive”, in Sara Ledwith, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2020-07-09, APAC
Xixia2
proper noun
A district of Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
Quotations
One hundred and sixty-four people poisoned by chlorine had been sent to hospital by 8 a.m. Monday in Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, where liquefied chlorine gas leaked out from a chemical company on Sunday evening.Yao Chengli, president of the Yinchuan No.1 People's Hospital, received a phone call at 9 p.m. Sunday, in which the caller suspected that the pungent smell in the air of the Xixia district of Yinchuan could be chlorine.
2006 July 10, “164 people poisoned by chlorine in NW China”, in China Daily, archived from the original on 06 January 2020
By minibus and taxi Getting here from Yinchuan’s Xingqing district is either expensive or difficult. If you favour the expensive option, just grab a cab — drivers will start the bidding at ¥150 (or more) one-way, though you should be able to get them down to ¥200 return, including they take up to 2hr to reach the tombs. Finally, you could waiting time. Alternatively, green and red buses (no number, though with Xixia written on the front) run from a stop just east of Nanmen Square; these cost just ¥2, though to reach the tombs. Finally, you could split the difference and take a bus to Xixia district (1hr; ¥1), from which it’s a far cheaper taxi-ride to the ruins (¥25 each way).
2014, “The Yellow River”, in Rough Guide to China (Rough Guides), 7th edition, pages 225–226
Zhang called the police after the confrontation. In a statement issued on Sunday, the public security bureau of Yinchuan’s Xixia district said Gao and her family have agreed to talk through the disagreement.
2022 February 15, Mandy Zuo, “Chinese woman dragged away by family in viral bride price dispute video asks the internet to calm down”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 15 February 2022