Kinning

See also: kinning

English

Etymology

From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金寧／金宁 (Jīnníng).

Proper noun

Kinning

1. Alternative form of Jinning (Taiwan)
   • 1966, 中華醫學雜誌‎^[1], volume 13, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 158:

     The whole Kinmen island complex was divided into 7 operation areas, namely, Tatan, Erhtan, Small Kinmen, and Kinchen-Kinshan, Kinning, Kinhu and Kinsa on Kinmen.

   • 2008 July, “法扶會周年報告書-英文全 [Legal Aid Foundation Annual Report 2007]”, in 法律扶助基金會 [Legal Aid Foundation]‎^[2], archived from the original on 06 April 2017, page 73:

     Rural legal consultation services are provided to Wulai by Taipei Branch, to Sanmin Township in Kaohsiung County by Kaohsiung Branch, to Dongyin by Matsu Branch, to Kinning by Kinmen Branch, and to Cimei by Penghu Branch.

   • 2008 December, C.M. Shih, W.C. Yu, L.L. Chao, “Molecular Diagnosis of Babesia Infection Among Rodents Collected from the Offshore Kinmen Island of Taiwan”, in International Journal of Infectious Diseases‎^[3], volume 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     The highest infection rate was also observed at the district of Kinning township (33.3%). Thus, our results not only reveal the prevalence of Babesia infection among rodents in the Kinmen island but also primarily identify the persistence of B. microti in the natural hosts of Taiwan.

   • 2017 August 20, “Taiwan News Quick Take”, in Taipei Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 August 2017, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[5]:

     The suspect, surnamed Chen (陳), was wanted in connection to a robbery and kidnapping involving Kincheng Township (金城) representative council head Chen Tien-cheng (陳天成), police said. The suspect was found in Kinning Township (金寧) but refused to open the door when [police] arrived. Officers said they heard a gunshot from inside the residence.

   • 2018 July 19, “Quemoy music festival to begin on Wednesday”, in Taipei Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2018‎^[7]:

     Four concerts are each to begin at 7pm at Houhu Seashore Park in the county’s Kinning Township (金寧), the Kinmen Recreation and Tourism Department said in a statement on Friday last week.

   • 2021, Chien-Ming Shih, Pei-Wen Yang, Li-Lian Chao, “Molecular Detection and Genetic Identification of Rickettsia Infection in Ixodes granulatus Ticks, an Incriminated Vector for Geographical Transmission in Taiwan”, in Microorganisms‎^[8], volume 9, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 2, 12:

     The collection sites in four townships of Kinmen Island include Kinhu (24°41' N, 118°43' E; 24°43' N, 118°46' E), Kinsha (24°52' N, 118°41' E; 24°50' N, 118°44' E), Kinning (24°45' N, 118°37' E) and Kincheng (24°40' N, 118°31' E) (Figure 1).

   • 2021 December 5, Alice Herait, William Han, “Caught between politics and the pandemic, a few kilometres from China, Taiwan’s Kinmen island rethinks its economy”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[9], archived from the original on 25 October 2022, Politics & Protest‎^[10]:

     Maestro Wu, for one, is expanding his factory and showroom in the township of Kinning to include a kitchen for demonstrations of just what his knives can do. One way or another, he is confident, visitors will return in their former numbers.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Designated store”, in National Quemoy University‎^[11], archived from the original on 26 October 2022, Living Convenience‎^[12]:

     3.FREE DELIVERY service with every 300 NTD purchase. (only Kincheng and Kinning townships)

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kinning.