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Minfeng
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Min-feng
English
Alternative forms
en Min-feng Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn 民豐.
Pronunciation
mĭn′fŭng′
en Min feng
Proper noun
en Niya: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
en https://archive.org/details/chineseexhibitio00nati/page/n153 1975 The Chinese Exhibition A pictorial record of the Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of The People's Republic of China Burd & Fletcher 247. Brocade mitten with the characters: Yen Nien Yi Shou 1st-2nd century A.D. (Eastern Han) Length 24 cm. Unearthed in 1959 from a site at Niya, Minfeng county in Sinkiang
en https://archive.org/details/desertsaridlands0000unse/page/115/ 1984 90-247-2850-9 Analysis of desert terrain in China using Landsat imagery Chao Sung-chiao Deserts and arid lands w:Farouk El-Baz w:Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 127 On the ancient Niya delta plain, more than 120 km north of the modern Minfeng (Niya) oasis, the famous Jin-Jua kingdom was founded during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.).
en https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781118094198/page/329 2012 Frommer's China w:Frommer's 5th w:Hoboken John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 329 These buses stop at the oasis towns of Keriya (Yutian; 177km/110 miles; 3 hr.; ¥25), Niya (Minfeng; 294km/182 miles; 5 hr.; ¥55), and Charchan (Qiemo; 603km/374 miles; 8-10 hr.; ¥105-¥147).
en 2015 https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/chinese-authorities-ban-muslim-names-among-uyghurs-in-hotan-09242015120656.html Chinese Authorities Ban Muslim Names Among Uyghurs in Hotan Roseanne Gerin; reporter Eset Sulaiman Eset Sulaiman w:Radio Free Asia A Uyghur woman named Turakhan who lives in a suburban village of Niya (in Chinese, Minfeng) county in Hotan (Hetian) prefecture told RFA’s Uyghur Service on Wednesday that the village chief and police had informed all residents about “the list of forbidden Muslim names.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260906181155/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/chinese-authorities-ban-muslim-names-among-uyghurs-in-hotan-09242015120656.html 6 September 2026
Translations
county in Xinjiang, China
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 民豐 Mínfēng
Japanese: ja